Scott Balboa
11-06-2009, 6:46 PM
I have been engraving for almost 2 years and never encountered this until recently...
All the brass and aluminum sheet stock (that is color-coated) is chipping along the edges after cutting on the shear. It is a "combo blade", meaning it "can" cut plastic and metal. It hasn't been cutting plastic up to par, but of course with a laser you always have the vector-cutting option so I haven't worried about it. The brass stock, however, especially the black brass, looks pretty bad after being cut because of all this flaking. And there is no way around cutting this stuff! On a side note it does this whether or not I remove the plastic protection.
I'm assuming the "combo blade" is a bad excuse for both a metal and plastic blade seperately, but I wanted to get some feedback and see what you all thought. Or, has anyone been stuck with this blade and found tricks to alleviate this problem? Below is a picture showing what I'm talking about. Thank you all!
http://www.ateamawards.com/sitebuilder/images/BKBChipping-296x230.jpg
All the brass and aluminum sheet stock (that is color-coated) is chipping along the edges after cutting on the shear. It is a "combo blade", meaning it "can" cut plastic and metal. It hasn't been cutting plastic up to par, but of course with a laser you always have the vector-cutting option so I haven't worried about it. The brass stock, however, especially the black brass, looks pretty bad after being cut because of all this flaking. And there is no way around cutting this stuff! On a side note it does this whether or not I remove the plastic protection.
I'm assuming the "combo blade" is a bad excuse for both a metal and plastic blade seperately, but I wanted to get some feedback and see what you all thought. Or, has anyone been stuck with this blade and found tricks to alleviate this problem? Below is a picture showing what I'm talking about. Thank you all!
http://www.ateamawards.com/sitebuilder/images/BKBChipping-296x230.jpg