What Is Offset On A Vinyl Cutter

Titan using the uscutter edition of vinylmaster cut.

What is offset on a vinyl cutter.

Of 5 this 60 high performance blade is used for cutting thick materials. The standard pressure setting for your cutter is 100 for non servo cutters mh sc series laserpoint series titan 1 and 60 for servo cutters titan 2 3. Learn how to setup and calibrate cutter inc. That said pressure settings are notoriously fickle from cutter to cutter material to material even different lots of the same vinyl can require slightly different pressure settings.

In order to determine the correct offset send the letters tow in lowercase 1 inch high to the cutter. It does not compensate for other inaccuracies or distortions. 45 blades typically use a 30 mm offset 0118 inches. Offset is that mystery setting on your vinyl cutter that few people ever adjust.

Roland 60 degree 50 offset premium blades for sandblast pkg. It is excellent for general purpose cutting of 4 mil and greater vinyl sandblast reflective and laminate materials. In this week s edition of tip jar we ll take the mystery out of the offset setting by showing you exactly what it does and how to adjust it properly. The vinyl cutter will move the center of the blade to the positions you tell it to however the blade actually makes its cut a certain distance from the center.

Please enjoy the video below and post your comments. Actually some may not even realize that this setting exists. 60 blades use an offset higher than the 45. The offset value determines how far past the actual corner it must move in order to drag the tip of the blade to the actual corner.

In general the default value in the software wil work fine but if you notice corners not cutting correctly you may need to adjust the blade offset value.