I assumed from "Adhesive Vinyl" that he was talking about standard adhesive backed vinyl film, in which case yes they definitely can. If he's talking about something else then I have no idea.<div><br></div><div>
I assume he means the standard sign stuff, used in signage, window lettering, and vehicle decals. (I worked for a sign shop for a few years way back in the day, and also worked IT for a large print/publishing place that did signage as well for another 2 years, so I'm fairly familiar with the technology).<div>
<br></div><div>Typical adhesive backed sign vinyl comes on rolls normally in 6", 12", 24" or 48" widths... So you get the roll that fits your machine. The cricut is a bit different in that it's not meant to run the vinyl through alone, you need to use their cutting surface along with it, but that's not a big deal. (and I'm sure it could be easily hacked to do the vinyl straight up). But I know the machine does cut standard vinyl, as Michaels sells vinyl rolls for it, and I've done vinyl lettering on it.</div>
<div><br></div><div>- Paul</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 6:38 PM, Darcy Whyte <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:darcy@siteware.com">darcy@siteware.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div><div><div><div>I don't think the vinyl cutters used for signs can cut the plastic in question.</div></div></div></div><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 6:29 PM, Jason Cobill <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jason.cobill@gmail.com" target="_blank">jason.cobill@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div>
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<br> Why buy the cow when you get the milk for cheap? Any respectable Ottawa sign shop will have a vinyl cutter on hand, and most of them will cut you a huge sheet from a .eps file for < $20. <br> Alternatively, there's a bunch of online places that will cut your decals to spec and ship it, for even cheaper. (Search for Vinyl Lettering or Sign Lettering)<br>
Or - if it's a smallish 1-off design of reasonable complexity and you have a steady hand, print your design out on paper as a stencil and hand-cut a roll of vinyl using an x-acto (cheapest!). A little patience goes a long way - I once saw an amazing final-year typographic design-school project entirely hand-cut in an afternoon.<br>
<br> I totally dig your idea to pimp out your green bin, by the way. :) You need some of that 3M reflective vinyl they use on road signs - eyecatching! If you template out the measurements of your green bin in a vector program, be sure to pass it along, I'd love to come up it a few designs of my own.<br>
Also note that vinyl stickers don't wear well exposed to the elements - you might want to design using a less-adhesive vinyl for the point a year or two down the road when you need to inevitably peel all of it off.<br>
<br> -Jason Cobill<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 5:43 PM, mike Jans <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mjans@live.com" target="_blank">mjans@live.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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This company has been making Vinyl cutters for decades now:<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.rolanddga.com/products/cutters/" target="_blank">http://www.rolanddga.com/products/cutters/</a> </div><div><br></div><div>
My dad has had the same one in his shop since 1990, very reliable machine, but a bit noisy. It wouldn't surprise me if they solved that problem by now though.<br><br><div><div></div><hr>From: <a href="mailto:mike.ayukawa@gmail.com" target="_blank">mike.ayukawa@gmail.com</a><br>
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 15:53:26 -0500<br>To: <a href="mailto:lab@artengine.ca" target="_blank">lab@artengine.ca</a><br>Subject: Re: [Lab] Vinyl<div><div><br><br>
Need to find one of these: <a href="http://www.corbingraphics.com/cuttersraven.htm" target="_blank">http://www.corbingraphics.com/cuttersraven.htm</a><div><br><div><div>On 2012-01-06, at 3:36 PM, Darcy Whyte wrote:</div>
<br><blockquote><div><div><div><div>It might cut on a cnc machine.... </div><div><br></div></div></div></div><br>
<br><br><div>On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 3:35 PM, Andrew Plumb <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:andrew@plumb.org" target="_blank">andrew@plumb.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Never! Vinyl is chlorine-based. Chlorine gas is... Bad.<br>
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Andrew.<br>
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On 2012-01-06, at 3:00 PM, Michael Lechasseur <<a href="mailto:mlecha@artengine.ca" target="_blank">mlecha@artengine.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Can the laser cutter deal with adhesive vinyl well? I might like to pimp my green bin.<br>
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