Silhouette Is Not Cutting The Vinyl

And before attempting cutting ensure you unroll enough vinyl to ensure your cutter doesn t pull from the heavy roll which can result in slippage.

Silhouette is not cutting the vinyl.

This will show you how to make sure your cameo 4 blade is tightened correctly. In most cases there are two quick fixes that will fix the issue and get you cutting successfully in a hurry. You also can remove the cap and clean it out. To cut properly the blade must be pushed all the way down with no visible gap between the tool holder and the blade.

Not cut lines on your design. Shop desktop cutting machines including the silhouette cameo plus our selection of cutting materials and other accessories. Blade obstructed if a piece of scrap material usually vinyl or paper is stuck on the blade it will cause cutting issues with your. Get your vinyl from jsi signs.

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. 1 blade is not properly inserted and or locked down. And it ll simply make no cuts. I m using my silhouette cameo to make vinyl letters to put on acrylic cups as party favors.

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. For example an intricate image cut on a small scale may cut out well in a thinner material such as vinyl but may not cut out well on the same scale with cardstock. I m printing all the guests names. This video shows how i resolved a silhouette vinyl cutting issue.

Yes if the imported svg image you wish to cut doesn t have any cut lines around it your cutting machine will not know what to cut. Get your vinyl from jsi signs. 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. Discover the creative world of silhouette.

I did not use the mat and i ve tried blade thickness of 1 2 and 3 including cutting. Would love some help if anyone has advice. As the scale is decreased and intricacy increased along with thicker material types you may expect to see lower quality cutting results especially around corners or detailed areas. The same goes for the portrait 2 autoblade.