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The table at the end of this chapter contains recommended settings for your initial test cut. If you cannot find
your material in the table, use the flow chart in
Section 2.09
while test cutting your material to determine
optimum settings.
2.03 Cut Settings
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Before presenting the various settings, note that the
Force
and
Speed
settings can be set on the control
panel itself. In order to cut from SignMaster and use the settings on the Skycut, uncheck these boxes in the
two places where the settings can be made:
Send to be Cut
>
Cutter Control
window:
Vinyl Spooler>Cut Options
window:
2.03.1 Cutting Force
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Cutting
Force
(also called
Pressure
) ranges from 1 to 160 where the maximum of 160 represents ~850g of
cutting force. If it is set too low, the material cannot be cut. If it is set too high, you will get bad cutting (even
incomplete cutting at times) and tearing of the material. Use suggested settings for the material you are
cutting and perform small test cuts before cutting your actual project. Make adjustments in order to get a
clean test cut before proceeding with your larger cut.
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Dull blades will need more force than new blades, thus anticipate increasing the force over the life of the
blade.
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When cutting materials that can use either blade, the 45
o
blade (red cap) will need a little more force than
the 60
o
blade (blue cap), because of the extra contact with the material being cut and because the 60
o
blade
is cut much thinner, making it a “sliver blade.”
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As noted earlier, this setting can be made on the Skycut control panel instead. Press the
Force/Speed
icon
and then set the
FORCE
to the desired level.
2.03.2 Cutting Speed and Travel Speed
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Cutting Speed
(also called
Cut Speed
)
is how fast the blade travels while it is in the “down” or cutting
position.
Travel Speed
(also called
Up Speed
)
is how fast the blade travels while in the “up” position, such
as when it is moving from the origin to the location of the first shape to cut or when moving from one cut
shape to begin cutting another.
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The Skycut has 13 speed settings
ranging from “snail’s pace slow” to “insanely fast.”
Uncheck these box, if
Speed
and
Force
settings on Skycut are to be used
Uncheck these box, if
Speed
and
Force
settings on Skycut are to be used
