The think about a drag knife is that you have to use special path planning for corners to make the knife swivel. These knives are mostly used in the sign-making industry to cut colored vinyl. Either the vinyl makes the letters of a stencil for paint.
Many of these knives are designed to replace the pen on older pen plotters. On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 5:48 PM Matthew Herd <[email protected]> wrote: > I did some reading. Here’s a much cheaper one. > https://www.amazon.com/Carbide-Housing-Silhouette-Machines-Portrait/dp/B07LBN6Y89/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=2BNVLCDRCTBCK&keywords=drag%20knife%20%2F%20vinyl%20cutter&language=en_US&linkCode=ll1&linkId=82f63489ab54f65ba4ab3d600d8839da&pd_rd_i=B07LBN6Y89&pd_rd_r=ec6569c3-451e-4d91-93b1-19487b9ca6e5&pd_rd_w=uMNxs&pd_rd_wg=w4h05&pf_rd_p=a6d018ad-f20b-46c9-8920-433972c7d9b7&pf_rd_r=64MRWCQ5TQGWTNCANTEK&qid=1575221509&sprefix=drag%20knife%20%2Caps%2C151&tag=kronosrobotic-20 > < > https://www.amazon.com/Carbide-Housing-Silhouette-Machines-Portrait/dp/B07LBN6Y89/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=2BNVLCDRCTBCK&keywords=drag%20knife%20/%20vinyl%20cutter&language=en_US&linkCode=ll1&linkId=82f63489ab54f65ba4ab3d600d8839da&pd_rd_i=B07LBN6Y89&pd_rd_r=ec6569c3-451e-4d91-93b1-19487b9ca6e5&pd_rd_w=uMNxs&pd_rd_wg=w4h05&pf_rd_p=a6d018ad-f20b-46c9-8920-433972c7d9b7&pf_rd_r=64MRWCQ5TQGWTNCANTEK&qid=1575221509&sprefix=drag%20knife%20,aps,151&tag=kronosrobotic-20 > > > > > > On Jul 24, 2020, at 8:42 PM, andy pugh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Sat, 25 Jul 2020 at 00:55, N <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >>> https://www.amazon.com/Dog-River-Tools-Knife-Cutter/dp/B085BF98Z9 > > > >> Yes that might be the correct tool. > > > > That's a very expensive one. I bought a carbide one for a few quid, > > for mounting in a flatbed plotter. > > > > -- > > atp > > "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is > > designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and > > lunatics." > > — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
