Silhouette Cameo 3 Is Cutting Off The Mat

The mat was feeding initially but then would start slanting and feeding totally wrong and end up at.

Silhouette cameo 3 is cutting off the mat.

So something i learned rather quickly after ruining 2 pieces of cardstock on my new silhouette cameo. However i hope that this guide was helpful just in case you encountered a problem. To load the cutting mat into the silhouette machine. I was soooo frustrated today kept cutting into my mat it cut the top off several of the images i was cutting.

The left edge of the mat should be aligned with the line and two arrows. Thank you so much for posting this including and especially the solution. Following the steps silhouette gave me. Literally i placed the same sheet 3 different times to see if at least it was cutting off the lines but the cuts were the same the three times but not at all.

I just got off the phone with silhouette and had to edit this post after getting some great help. The same goes for the portrait 2 autoblade. Hopefully by now you and your cameo 3 are lean mean cutting machines. One of the most common issues from silhouette cameo beginners is that their cameo 3 autoblade is cutting through the vinyl or other material and the backing.

Start by gently positioning the top edge of the silhouette cutting mat along the white rollers. The cameo 3 is awesome and shouldn t cause any issues. In most cases there are two quick fixes that will fix the issue and get you cutting successfully in a hurry. I ve been trying to cut svg files the last few days couldn t get them to save in the proper place or unzip.

My silhouette cameo went wonky when it hit a half sheet of paper on the mat. What is your best cameo 3 tip. Have had my cameo since thanksgiving haven t taken the time to play with it much. I have worked on this problem for a few days and posted a thread yesterday called cutting top of mat silhouette cameo 3 i received numerous helpful questions and suggestions but the cure was following the suggested solution above.

Lastly if you re still experiencing issues you can always reach out to the silhouette support team. I checked a lot of tutorials and i placed the mat the same way three times. I was then cutting like a crazy quilt and making a horrible grinding noise.