Silhouette Cutting Vinyl Too Deep

It took me a long time to get it right and i often have to make small adjustments for various reasons ie.

Silhouette cutting vinyl too deep. 1 blade is not properly inserted and or locked down. The fix is to move the paper or material on the cutting mat over and up just slightly so it covers the top and left edge of the grid line box right. How to stop cutting through vinyl backing. When the blade is not fully seated in the tool carriage meaning there is a gap even a small one it actually cuts too deep.

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. The same goes for the portrait 2 autoblade. If your silhouette cameo 4 wont read registration marks for print and cut it is likely trying to read the grid lines on your cutting mat left. My friend and fellow instructor elly from silhouette secrets has diagnosed this issue so often on facebook that she keeps a photo of a properly installed blade on hand to post whenever someone is having cutting issues.

By doing this you make sure it cuts all the way through your media ie deep enough it doesn t cut too deep where it will damage your mat or cutting strip and if you are cutting something that has a backing like htv vinyl or sticker paper you can cut through the top layer but not the backing perfectly. I love this option because you can use long rolls of vinyl and cut multiple projects at once. Trying out new vinyl or felt a blunt blade or any other number of reasons. In most cases there are two quick fixes that will fix the issue and get you cutting successfully in a hurry.

Cutting without a mat this option is great because you can cut smaller pieces of vinyl without a mat. The backing of the vinyl allows your silhouette to grip it when printing. If your silhouette autoblade continues to cut through the vinyl it s very likely due to the way the autoblade is seated in the tool carriage. Blade obstructed if a piece of scrap material usually vinyl or paper is stuck on the blade it will cause cutting issues with your.

To cut properly the blade must be pushed all the way down with no visible gap between the tool holder and the blade. For me this is the bane of using vinyl. 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.