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Clipper Vinyl Cutter

We have a Clipper vinyl cutter, which looks like a rebadged GCC AR-24, although both Stahls and Imprintables sell 2.5mm blades specifically for The Clipper.

This page is a work in process. Feel free to improve it! (and blade holder sourcing would be nice too)

Using It

The vinyl cutter is connected to the computer beside it (the one that has solidworks installed).

Use the VectorCut software to import and prepare your image.

Load the vinyl into the cutter machine. First release the two pinch rollers at the back of the machine by pulling the levers up. Then you can move the material freely through the machine and also move the rollers from side-to-side depending on the position and size of the vinyl stock. Once it is positioned and aligned, push the levers down to engage the pinch rollers and lock everything in place.

Click “Send Cut Job” in VectorCut and wait a few seconds. Be careful to not click this button multiple times, or you will queue multiple cut jobs to the cutter.

Blades

Chances are the blade is dull and you won't get a very good cut. To replace the blade, open the bracket on the traveling cut head and remove the cylindrical part. Unscrew the top to get at the blade. Don't lose any of these parts!

Searching AliExpress or eBay for “Roland GCC” will yield plenty of inexpensive blade options.

More info

tool/vinyl_cutter.1465320850.txt.gz · Last modified: 2016/06/07 17:34 by jarrett

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