Care & Maintenance Of Your Cutter; Recommended Cutter Settings - USCutter MH200 User Manual

SECTION 4 - Maintenance/Troubleshooting
4.1 - CARE & MAINTENANCE OF YOUR MH200 CUTTER
There is no need to oil or lubricate your cutter - simply keeping it clean should be enough to provide you
with many years of service.
Keep the grit rollers and pinch rollers clean. The combination of pinch roller from above and grit roller
from below is what makes your cutting mat or material move back and forth in a straight line. If one of
these parts is greasy or sticky, you will see the material pull to one side, causing incorrect cutting. At the
same time, you want to be sure that the downward pressure of the pinch rollers is the same for every
roller. Once again, this is to keep the material straight as it goes through the cutter. You can adjust the
screws on each pinch roller to get more/less pressure. Adjusting only one of the screws on the pinch roller
will impact side-to-side pull of the media.
Over time, your cutting strip (the white strip located directly below the path of the blade) may need to be
replaced. Use a flathead screwdriver, putty knife or other flat blade instrument to pry out the old cutting
strip from the groove in which it sits. You may also need to clean out any old glue or adhesive tape so
that the new replacement strip sits completely flat in the groove. You can order a new cutting strip from
your local MH Series dealer.
Blades can get dull or chipped over time. In order to maintain precision cuts, it is recommended that you
change to a fresh blade every 6 months, after any major use period or whenever the blade is dull, chipped
or damaged.

4.2 - RECOMMENDED CUTTER SETTINGS

Below items cut within material thickness limits of 1 mm and density of approx 0.5 g/cm3
Note that thicker materials may need multiple repeat passes to cut all the way through.
MATERIAL
Heat Transfer Vinyl
Pressure Sensitive Vinyl
Stencil Material
Paper (75 gsm)
Labels/Decals
Cardstock (160 gsm)
Foils
Posterboard (250 gsm)
Felt
*Force settings with an asterisk may need multiple passes.
Note: The following materials have not been tested, so they may or may not effectively be cut by the
MH200 and your own tests will decide. Wood Veneer, Thin Magnetic Sheets, EVA, Mylar, Thin Chipboard,
Paint Mask, Styrene, Leather, Felt, Denim, Cotton, Wool
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SPEED FORCE
400 70
400 70
350 160
200 50
500 80
500 500
200 100
350 500*
200 300*
BLADE
45°
45°
45°
45°
45°
45°
60°
60°
30°