After using my Graphtec for years and then getting this GSX15 some things are differant. Like having to leave enough off the rear end so it can still feed.. well today i done it again! Not enough overhang and it bound in the plotter and made some horrible noises! I know this is bad (not that I want to do this) but how bad is it? :oops: do I need to have the machine looked at? It sounded as if it was going to explode! i did another cut and it seemed to work okay.. Posted by James Donahue (Member # 3624) on :
Can't say about your machine there, I know that there have been a couple times when I made the Roland sound as though it was strangling a rabbit (high pitch rough squealing sound).
And no. I do not go around trying this on rabbits...
...but there was the time I watched a group of dogs chase a jackrabbit under a car, and...just before the end, there was a weird squeal.
This is how we deal with tech things in the boondocks...
...you're quite welcome!
Posted by Jamie Nicholson (Member # 6690) on :
I have two gsx plus plotters, and have done that a few times (bunched the vinyl) over the years on my 15 year old plotter, sounds terrible, but it sucks it up.. Gerber is over priced, but 15 years of service free labour, my first plotter doesn't owe me a thing. If it died tomorrow, I would give it an honourary funeral
Posted by Gonzalo (Peewee)Curiel (Member # 3837) on :
Seems to be okay. I ran some other stuff through there and shes still kickin'!
Posted by Russ McMullin (Member # 5617) on :
That will happen from time to time. Over the 3 years I was at my last job, I saw that happen at least a hundred times. It's not fun to have happen, but it doesn't seem to do damage.
Posted by Gonzalo (Peewee)Curiel (Member # 3837) on :
excellent! Now I feel much better!
Posted by Rick Beisiegel (Member # 3723) on :
Ditto to what Russ said.
I have an enVision 375. Same thing. Everytime I try to save vinyl, I get slapped.
They are so fast that they get ahead of themselves.
[ April 21, 2009, 12:21 PM: Message edited by: Rick Beisiegel ]
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