Silhouette Cutting Vinyl With No Mat

If you were cutting a piece of paper without a cutting mat since it has no liner the die cut would fall out.

Silhouette cutting vinyl with no mat. 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. The same goes for the portrait 2 autoblade. Don t be intimated by cutting vinyl without a mat on the silhouette cameo. In most cases there are two quick fixes that will fix the issue and get you cutting successfully in a hurry.

When you aren t cutting without a mat you can cut. 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. Next something to keep in mind when cutting without a mat you lose 1 4 of cut able space on your material on the left right side and 1 of cut able space on the backside. If you are using any previous silhouette cutting models cameo 3 portrait 2 etc you must use a cutting mat to cut out cardstock or other paper materials.

The silhouette cameo can cut lengths of vinyl or anything with a backing up to 10 feet long. Check the box to show cut border. 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. Save those mats for cardstock.

This will bring up a red cut border and will show you the maximum cut able area of your vinyl. Additionally pop out cut mode is not intended for thin or flexible materials like copy paper or fabric. Next the pop out cut feature can be used only with the cameo 4 machine line. Of course there isn t a ten foot mat available omg how would one store such a thing so if you want to cut longer than 24 cut without a mat.

This silhouette tutorial will walk you through the three quick steps to successfully set. By cutting only the vinyl layer for example the paper backing holds the cut piece in place and prevents it from falling out while cutting and rolling through the silhouette cutting machine.