Vinyl Cutter
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| Cuts vinyl and plots things. | |
| Equipment Information | |
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| Status | Working |
| Manufacturer | China! |
| Model | 28 inch wide vinyl capacity |
| Hackspace Information | |
| Induction Required | Yes |
| Induction Information | Here |
| Card RFID Enabled | No |
| Owner | Hackspace |
The Basics
The vinyl cutter uses a very small, sharp knife to cut through only one layer of a self-adhesive vinyl/protective backing sandwich. It can be used to create vinyl graphics / stickers, artwork for use on the heat press, as stencils for spray painting and etch masks for electro-etching, amongst other things.
The drawings it cuts from need to be in vector format, the knife will cut where ever there is a line drawn, you can use inkscape to make your artwork files, or Signblazer elements (which is installed on one of the hackspace computers behind the gaming table)
It is also possible to swap out the knife for a plotting pen so that it can be used to draw patterns for sewing.
The hackspace keeps a stock of sticker adhesive / sign vinyl which will last well outside in the elements. We also keep a stock of vinyl for making sticking designs onto t-shirts or other textiles, the heat press is useful for this.
Resolution X (dpi) 995
Resolution Y (dpi) 997
Induction
Please see Joe (japoteg) or Aidan (adnbr) if you want a Vinyl Cutter induction. Come armed with an SVG vector file that you would like to cut!