11
Quick Setup
Position the Material
Do not let the material become suddenly tight between the cutter
and the material roll. Manually unroll a few feet of material from
the roll to create a
slack loop behind
the machine. Use
the
Arrow
keys on
the keypad to move
material through the
cutter to check align-
ment. Adjust the ma-
terial if necessary so
that it feeds straight.
Position the material
edge two inches in
front of the blade;
Place the carriage an
inch from the right
edge.
Figure 18.
Leave slack in the material.
Insert a Blade,
Load the Holder
in the Jaw
Unscrew the foot
from the blade
holder. Insert a blade
into the hole in the
blade holder, mak-
ing sure it is fully
seated. Replace the
foot and adjust it so
that the blade tip is
barely inside the foot
with no blade exposed. Loosen the thumb screw on the carriage jaw
and insert the blade holder. The
flange slides into the slot in the
jaw.
Rotate the clamp down onto the
flange and tighten the thumb screw
until the blade holder is held securely in place.
Adjust the Blade
Exposure and
Force
Turn the
Force
knob
on the keypad clock-
wise to maximum.
Press the
Test Cut
key. There should be
little or no scoring of
the material. Turn the
foot 1/8-turn clock-
wise (from the bottom). Press the
Test Cut
key. Weed the test cut
pattern and examine cut quality. Continue adding blade exposure
Figure 20.
Adjusting the blade exposure.
Figure 19.
Inserting the blade (left) and the blade
holder (right).
Deeper
Cut
Blade
Blade
Holder
Foot
Flange
Be very careful when handling
the blades as they are sharp and
brittle and the tips can chip or
break. Using a hard surface to
insert the blade may damage it.
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