Roland GX-24 CAMM-1

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Roland_GX-24_CAMM-1


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

- Icelandic tutorial vinylcutter: Skera_út_límmiða
- Inkscape Basics: Inkscape_tutorial

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