Guides
Cutting machine guides
The things that go wrong at the machine, and why. Written from the failure modes rather than the feature list — what actually causes a ragged cut, a failed registration read or a shirt with the design on backwards.
Technique
- 4 min read
How to weld script letters into one clean cut
Cursive text cuts apart at every join unless you weld it first. What welding does, when to use attach instead, and how to keep your layers.
- 6 min read
Print then cut, without the failed registration reads
How print-then-cut actually works, the bleed and margin rules that stop white slivers, and why the sensor fails to read registration marks — with fixes.
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