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I added the after vinyl cutter section, which includes information about how to proceed with stickers or cloth
#If there is already a spool of vinyl in the machine, spool it back up, tape the end down, and remove the two spool guidewheels by unscrewing the handgrips until they gently come out. Place the spool back with the rest of the stock.
#Select the spool of vinyl you would like to use.
#Attach the spool guidewheels to your selected spool and gently tighten them down until they no longer spin.
#Place the spool's guidewheels in the guidetracks behind the machine. You may need to reposition them if the previous spool was a different width; do this gently.
#Pull the end of the vinyl into the vinyl cutter, just past the long white stripe. Adjust the three pinch rollers as necessary to accommodate the vinyl size and then activate the locking lever to lock the vinyl on place.
#Size your material with the edge (down arrow) or single (right arrow) buttons.
==Set up: CAM software==
'''If you need to stop your job for any reason while it is in progress, pull the release lever at the back right of the machine to interrupt the current cut.'''
==After Vinyl Cutting==
Once your design is finished cutting, check to make sure all the desired elements are there before releasing the lever. If everything is to your liking do the following:
#Lift the lever, and use the white cutter located in the "vinyl tools" drawer.
#Start the cut with scissors, then use the white tool to cut the sppol across the ruler edge.
#Roll the unused spool back up.
#Scrape out the parts you don't want from your design with the red vinyl cutter (dental looking tool) tool. This step is called weeding out the design.
#'''If you are making a sticker:'''
##Use the transfer paper spool and cut out a piece
##Place transfer paper on back of design
##Peel the transfer paper off to hold your design together
# '''If you are putting your design on cloth:'''
## You are going to use the heat press
## Take the design and after weeding it, peel the design to reveal the sticky side
## Put the sticky part of the design on the cloth
## Heat the heat press up to 180 degrees
## Put the cloth, which has the design on top of it, on the heat press and ensure the protective sheet already in the heat press is placed on top of you cloth and design (otherwise the design will melt and stick to the top)
## Push the top lever of the machine down and wait until it pops open
## Repeat the process as necessary until design appears firmly attached to the cloth
==Safety==
