@mattcartlidge - there are pics and videos on tinterwebz of people sutting their cricut belts - you could chance it and send them one of those.....
@cx_monkey as long as they don't use a reverse Google image search themselves!
Makes sense hadn't really considered the lost new sale angle, going to email them and query it on an environmental/sustainability level, did consider photoshopping an image off the internet 🙂
I know some bike manufacturers ask people to do this if they warranty a frame. Guess they don't want to flood the market with cheap second hand items.
Is anyone using Cricut design space on a mac book?
I can only use hopeless romantic and cricut sans fonts. Trying to use any of the other free fonts results in the wheel of death. The paid ones seem to work fine.
Is this some apple type ploy where they **** up your machine unless you send them money on a regular basis?
At a tangent ....
I'm looking to get some small vinyl cut to use as a mask... its quite small and delicate (see pic) but all I can find online seems to be large format.
Is that the actual design? Good luck! Cannot see that working in vinyl tbh
Is that the actual design? Good luck! Cannot see that working in vinyl tbh
Hmm... I guess I will just need to be patient and cut by hand. Bit of a sod as every mistake I have to start again but I guess it's just patience.
Are you hand cutting from vinyl? What’s the line width of the finest part (whiskers I guess?) Will the acid etch work with something that fine? Might be possible to laser cut it from vinyl, rather than knife cut...
Are you hand cutting from vinyl?
Trying ... not sure if its actual vinyl its inkjet transparent sticker.
What’s the line width of the finest part (whiskers I guess?)
I guess 1mm but it's all vector so I might make them slightly thicker or just leave them off and then add with fine craft tape after.. I've currently broken it into the shield, chainring and "ferret" but I can break the ferret down further.
Will the acid etch work with something that fine? Might be possible to laser cut it from vinyl, rather than knife cut…
I managed to do some onto a iron on film that I had printed by a mate on his laser printer and somewhat surprisingly the acid etch seems good at that thickness. Can't easily get the film to my mate or back at the moment other than posting it and the local places refuse saying it will melt in the printer (despite it being made for laser and needing the iron on cotton)
I'd expected it to eat under the mask but it seems to cut a channel instead with sharp sides.
I was quite surprised TBH
Check out this - really detailed guide to etching very fine detail
Check out this – really detailed guide to etching very fine detail
Cheers ... watched loads already but though that's been suggested by YT didn't watch that one yet.
Also looking into different anodising and plating at the same time. (I've got nickel and some copper pipe offcuts already dissolved) and brass and aluminium plates.
Some of the stuff I did etch was actually very good... (had I remembered to flip the images DOH) !!!
