Silhouette Cameo - Vinyl Shifting

[viccar]

It shouldnt realy shift, i only move the rollers when ive put it in sqwiffy, and its a long piece 6-7 feet.
Or sometimes if its on a mat and its not sticky enough.

is there anything stuck on.under the rollers, are you leaving enough room behind the machine (and its not catching on something behind like a lead)

Have you tried cutting it with the mat?
Does it shift then?

[viccar]

with mat the rollers should be on the outside groove, without mat the next groove in.

[Justin]

I'm assuming the rollers have to be in one of the grooves to avoid the shifting? Maybe this is the issue, if so you're very limited to the size of vinyl you can use which is a downside compared to a regular cutter.

I'll have a go with the mat but can't say I'm happy about having to use one, I thought this would be for paper etc. Bit of a fiddle to use every time you want a quick vinyl cut!

[Dave271069]

Yes Justin , in the grooves will fix any shifting.

[harlequeen]

I'm finding the same thing with my new silhouette. It's a bit of a pain having to use the mat for vinyl, but at least I can feed that straight now.

[Justin]

Just got the mat out to give it a try, seems like a poor workaround for a machine with inadequate rollers tbh. I wonder how long this cheapo mats last?

[phoenixalpha]

I've had no problems with vinyl shifting. The only problem I have had is when the leading edge of the vinyl isnt cut straight, so when you put it in thinking its straight and maybe 30cm-40cm in one of the edges goes off roller because the leading edge isnt straight. So what I do is line it up initially, run the vinyl through to see if its ok using the feed button then bring it back to the start and then cut.

[viccar]

I'm assuming the rollers have to be in one of the grooves to avoid the shifting?

They are supposed to be in the grooves, but i move mine about sometimes and dont get shifting.
I use 60-70 micron thick vinyl, not sure if thats any different.
But then i do prefer using the mat anyway.
Justin i have had my mat 9mths and apart from loosing its sticky its still good (i restick with crafters companion glue non permanent) and have done hundreds if not thousands of cuts on it

[Justin]

That's reassuring I'll give it a go with the mat. Don't mind replacing now and then.