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ready to tear my hair out.....,,please help

Old 04-17-2011, 08:35 AM
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I have a tendency to hold the rotary cutter at an angle and then it skips. If I remember to hold it straight up then no more skipped cuts!
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Old 04-17-2011, 08:40 AM
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Originally Posted by May in Jersey
Check to make sure you don't have 2 blades in your cutter, been there, done that, May in Jersey
This is important...it will prevent you from cutting properly and is very easy to do. Good luck
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Old 04-17-2011, 08:44 AM
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Originally Posted by May in Jersey
Check to make sure you don't have 2 blades in your cutter, been there, done that, May in Jersey
Me too!!! Glad I am not alone on that!! :)
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Old 04-17-2011, 08:49 AM
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Is the blade loaded on the cutter correctly? Is the blade turning? I have put the cutter back together wrong without thinking, and the blade did not move. Re-did it, and it was fine.
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Old 04-17-2011, 10:26 AM
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When you changed the blade did you put it on the correct side of the cutter? Best to double check!

(yes, been there, done that, have the t-shirt:))
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Old 04-17-2011, 11:03 AM
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Make sur there isn't a slight dip or bow in the table your mat is on. I have that problem if my mat gets in a certain spot on my one table.
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Old 04-17-2011, 01:24 PM
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This is something that I did that had some of the same results as you are experiencing. I tightened the screw on the cutter too tight which caused the blade to nick the plastic on my almost new cutter. Thinking it was a bad batch of blades, I kept changing them. When that didn't work I bought a new mat, which I needed anyway, but, still was having the problem. I finally looked closely at my cutter and found the nick on the plastic. It could have been there when I bought it, but I think I caused it from having the screw too tight.
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Old 04-17-2011, 01:51 PM
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I've occasionally gotten a brand new blade that always skips one thread.

The only solution (that I've com up with) is to replace the blade and hope it's a better one.
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Old 04-17-2011, 01:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Radiana
You know I probably nicked the new blade because I know that I sometimes run into the ruler. I just now cut some more fabric though and it cut fine. I was extra careful to keep the blade straight, I think I may have been cutting on a bit of an angle. Thank you all so much for your advice.
Glad to know all is well now! Interesting to read just how many posts were made after this one. I counted 16.
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Old 04-17-2011, 02:49 PM
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glad to see that someone else picked up on the fact that radiana solved her problem. does anyone read through before answering?
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