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Revision as of 08:43, 14 August 2014
Contents
Overview
The Roland GX-24 CAMM-1 is a drag knife cutter. You can feed the machine vinyl sticker material for creating custom sized stickers. You can also feed it copper sticker material, useful for flexible circuits or antenna design. The machine can take a material on roll or a piece with the maximum width of 58 centimeters. You will need to prepare a vector graphics file in the shape you want to cut. The vector design file needs exported to PDF file format.
Technical specifications
| Roland GX-24 CAMM-1 | |
|---|---|
| Maximum cutting width: | 58 cm |
Usage machine
Portal:Safety: Do not put your hands near the tool path unless you are sure that the machine is not going to move!
How to prepare a vector file PDF
- set all vector lines to line width 0.01 mm
- document needs to be on RGB color setting (not CMYK)
- when using text, outline the font, and merge the letters to one shape
Tutorials
- Vinylcutter basics: machine setup How_to_use_the_Roland_GX-24
- Vinylcutter basics in Icelandic: machine setup Skera_út_límmiða
- Inkscape Basics: how to convert image to vector Inkscape_tutorial
- Inkscape Basics: how to make a name sticker Inkscape_how_to_make_name_sticker
Tips
- put the design in outlines (no fill's) so you can see that there are not accidentally unwanted overlapping lines.
- For better control of where to cut on your material: crop document size to drawing size
