Noisy Machine

[vaudtzee]

My 24" Silver Bullet machine seems to be getting noisier. I cleaned the pinch wheels and rollers. Has anybody else had this issue? Checked to see what maintenance and basically just cleaning pinch wheels. Any help would be much appreciated.
Thank you,
Bec

[Gigi]

Can you elaborate on what you mean by noisy? Is it a high-pitched noise? Does it come and go? Noisy could mean a lot of things or nothing at all.

[vaudtzee]

Here is a video of my machine while it's cutting.

[Gigi]

Becky -

Thanks for the video. I watched it several times as did Sherri. As long as your machine is cutting well, we are not concerned. Sherri thought it could be the material you are cutting. You can try cutting just a lightweight piece of card stock and see if that changes teh noise - just to rule out if it is the material or not. But...these machines can make a variety of noises - they are all different.

Thanks for the information. Happy cutting!

[MeFlick]

I took a listen as well, I didn't hear anything that I considered loud or not normal compared to my cutters. I did hear a bit of a "clicking" noise over the whine and hum of the machine bit I can't say that is not a normal noise. I confess It's been a while since I have cut with my machine, but the whining and humming has always been there with my cutters and I have been cutting with cutters since 2006.) It appears that you are cutting wall vinyl - is that correct? I cut a lot of vinyl with my cutter over the years, both Wall and HTV. I'm wondering if the clicking is the vinyl caused in part by the vinyl and/or the backing in some way - if it's not well stuck down might be catching but not enough to cause a problem cutting - just guessing here. I'm with Gigi, if its cutting correctly, I'm not sure there us anything to be worried about.

[vaudtzee]

Ok, I won't be concerned. And yes I was cutting vinyl. I appreciate the responses back so quickly.