Silhouette Cutting Through Vinyl

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.

Silhouette cutting through vinyl.

The same goes for the portrait 2 autoblade. For me this is the bane of using vinyl. Blade fin is not aligned at 6 o clock the black fin on the ratchet blade housing must be pointed at the 6 o clock position or the silhouette will not cut correctly or at all unlock the lock and turn the blade until the fin is in the correct position. Discover the creative world of silhouette.

I love this option because you can use long rolls of vinyl and cut multiple projects at once. Place the vinyl onto the silhouette cutting mat with the backing paper side down onto the mat making sure the vinyl is covering the same area where the design is placed on the virtual mat in silhouette studio. In most cases there are two quick fixes that will fix the issue and get you cutting successfully in a hurry. It took me a long time to get it right and i often have to make small adjustments for various reasons ie.

Cut settings can be easiest and trickiest of getting great cut. Trying out new vinyl or felt a blunt blade or any other number of reasons. Cutting without a mat this option is great because you can cut smaller pieces of vinyl without a mat. If your silhouette cutting mat is brand new you may want to de stick the cutting mat somewhat by blotting it with a clean t shirt.

Shop desktop cutting machines including the silhouette cameo plus our selection of cutting materials and other accessories. Now you are ready to design. If you are new to silhouette or need more information on using your silhouette machine in general make sure and check out our silhouette boot camp where we walk through all the basics of the machine. If your silhouette stops cutting after it has started prior to fully completing the job and reports that the job is complete or if your silhouette cuts a stray line through the middle of the job generally a diagonal line then the issue probably that a larger packet of information is being pushed from the computer to your silhouette.

The tricky news is that each piece of vinyl blade and machine can. The backing of the vinyl allows your silhouette to grip it when printing. This video shows how i resolved a silhouette vinyl cutting issue.