The Roland Small Character 45 is a carbide vinyl cutter blade with a 45 degree cutting angle and a small 0.175mm offset for Roland cutters and compatible plotters. It is sold as a single blade or as a 5 pack.
When to use this blade
Choose this blade for fine lettering, small text and tight curves. The small offset keeps the tip closer to the center of rotation, so the blade follows short direction changes more faithfully and corners on small characters close cleanly. For everyday calendered and cast sign vinyl at normal sizes, the Roland Standard 45 with its 0.25mm offset is the usual blade. For thick or sandblast stencil material and heavy reflective, use the Roland Sandblast 60. For reflective sheeting at normal detail, the Roland Reflective 45 is the fit.
Compatibility and specs
Fits Roland cutters, and is also compatible with Allen Datagraph, Copan, GCC, Refine, Secabo, Seiki and Vinyl Express except Q Series. Angle 45 degrees, offset 0.175mm, carbide. This blade fits the PerfectCut Roland Blade Holder. Blade offset is the distance from the center of the blade shaft to the cutting tip, and the cutter or its software needs the same value entered so corners close cleanly. Set the offset to match this blade and check a small test cut before running a job. Running this blade with the offset still set for a standard blade will round or overshoot corners, so change the setting when you change the blade.
