Recent content by Spen101

Hey there, Try giving that adhesive backing paper a scuff sand with a fairly rough sandpaper grit, just to break that surface gloss. I just tried some 3M backed tactile, and banner tape holds onto it pretty good after doing that.

Which version of Adobe Illustrator? This type of logo should be easy to Image Trace/LiveTrace if you first darken the colour in photoshop/another program. Trace using the Black & White setting, set the Paths to 96ish, corners high, drag the Noise slider to 0 (most important, this kills small...

Hoping that something shows up for this.. I was curious and reached out to an aluminum factory but they only do automotive parts. I may keep looking in that direction, and if enough parties were interested, get them to produce a run of the most used spec/types.

I routered a tool holder which I secured to the side of our computer stand, and on the wall. I used 1" black PVC, routed a circular pocket for the collet at the top (all pockets 5/8" deep), then a 2x6 grid of 1/2" square pockets below it (to hold the plastic bit containers upright), a few...

Couple things that might help, from my experience - - I typically never enjoy running small letters, but 6mm composite is way nicer than 3mm for small stuff... Let's assume you have your vacuum zones properly covered, even taped on the edges for ideal hold. - Run the job without the debris...

Thank you for the quick response! I will look into this today.

Do have much experience with setting up autohotkeys to work with WinCNC, as well as general customization with WinCNC and the colex version of Optiscout? We have a service contract with Colex for the next few years, but they are very dodgey when it comes to customization, obviously because it's...

Another thing I've done with 1/4" PVC is to make 3 (or 4) cuts with the double-edge knife (only really suitable for straight or circular cuts) at lowering depths each time. This was back when we had a Summa F16 cutting table and no router module. Definitely not recommended except in a pinch, but...

No worries! Since it is an upcut bit, what you might be seeing is the vinyl being pulled up and away from the material. I highly recommend that, if you must cut the the graphics facing up, to use premask tape on top. If you are cutting this way then you would definitely not want to do multiple...

I don't believe this was asked yet, do you know how many passes were used to cut through the piece? I'm fairly new to this stuff, our shop acquired a Sharpcut a few months ago. But I usually do 3 passes at around 300ipm for 1" PVC board. It may put stress on the softer core if the feedrate is...

Hey there, long time lurker, decided to register after being faced with some issues with the flatbed printer at our shop. I currently operate (and troubleshoot…) our Gerber Edge FX 2, Summa DCS4, Arizona 360GT (training someone on this), Vision 1624 CNC, Colex Sharpcut (5x10’) and Trotec...