As you may notice some of the materials that the silhouette and cricut can cut do not have pre made settings and it can be such a pain to try to cut new materials that do not have a setting already on the software or on your machine.
What are the blade setting for sillouette adhesive vinyl.
You ll likely hear people talking about 651 and 631 vinyl or permanent and removable and glitter and htv use this vinyl guide to understand the different types of vinyl for silhouette cameo and when to use them.
I was so excited to see that expressions vinyl made this little cheat sheet chart.
Don t worry be crafty.
When i called silhouette about a defective blade they mentioned that people should not be cutting even thin chipboard or anything that heavy with the cameo.
For this silhouette cameo project you re going to want to use adhesive vinyl specifically oracal 631.
Your silhouette can cut fabric but not without a fabric stabalizer.
Products cricut setting silhouette setting brother scan cut setting etched vinyl light card stock material.
This will get you to a good starting point.
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If you look at the presets none of them use a blade setting higher than 3.
Glow in the dark vinyl use for glow in the dark vinyl.
Card stock plain blade 1 speed 4 force 14 blade 3 speed 3 pressure 3 oracal 631 custom.
Use fabric stabilizer to stiffen your fabric so you feed it through your silhouette on a cutting mat.
Settings i use for vinyl oramask and contact paper on the silhouette cameo 3 f o l l o w m e f a c e b o o.
To adjust the regualar silhouette blade between a depth of 1 10 10 being the deepest cut for thicker materials use the gray ratchet that came with the blade or the built in ratchet on the actual silhouette machine.
Vinyl matte blade 1 speed 5 force 10 blade 3 speed 3 pressure 2.
Vinyl silhouette brand i choose this for regular vinyl including 631 651 silhouette brand and cricut brand glitter patterned and other similar.
Happy crafters has all the trending colors of htv and oracal 651 that you need as well as the customer service to help you get your job done.
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Happy crafters has all the trending colors of htv and oracal 651 that you need as well as the customer service to help you get your job done.
Blade 4 speed 3 force 29 passes 1.
Don t worry be crafty.
Just insert the tip of the blade and twist.
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