My Vinyl Keep Tearing On My Cameo 3

Makes a nice cut and just kiss cuts the backing paper.

My vinyl keep tearing on my cameo 3.

I have bought 2 new blades in the last week. I am using silhouette vinyl. The last few days its started to cut a bit too deep and score the backing to the point some parts tear when lifting vinyl transfer tape off. My machine is tearing or dragging through my material there are several variables that may cause a machine to tear through material.

On the cameo 3 and portrait 2 push in the lock lever until you see the little circle change to silhouette blue. The same goes for the portrait 2 autoblade. Keep doing test cuts and adjust your settings until you aren t gouging the backing. Sometimes when the design is being cut too slow the vinyl gets stuck on the blade for a split second and is then moved out of place.

My machine is tearing or dragging through my material older machines there are several variables that may cause a machine to tear through material. Go into the cut settings and change the speed to anywhere from a 1 3. Not using a cutting mat for longer stuff. I use roll vinyl usually fdc 4200 vinyl no mat and on mtc i use a blade setting of 1 or 2 depending on how old the blade is and a force of around 5.

Using a cameo 3 to cut metamark m7 vinyl similar to 651. Fortunately this problem can usually be resolved with some basic troubleshooting steps. If your cricut machine is tearing or dragging through the material check the following. If your cricut maker or cricut explore machine is tearing or dragging through the material check the following.

If your blade raises slightly when locking into place open the lock lever and push the blade all the way down again. If it happens to finish the cut without tearing the vinyl the cut is not clean and the curly part of the letters comes up when weeding. I have cleaned the. Fortunately this problem can usually be resolved with some basic troubleshooting steps.

I found the sweet spot for this design at speed of 3. 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. Slower isn t always better. In most cases there are two quick fixes that will fix the issue and get you cutting successfully in a hurry.

Currently running the blade and force settings at 1 speed at 5 and still scoring the backing. The same setup on the cameo 3 but the force setting is at 10 which is their default setting for sign vinyl. Hold it into place with one finger while locking the lever with your other hand. I went and used a pure outline type image of wings and used the trace tool to get myself a copy and sent it to my cameo.

You should barely see an indent in the backing. The vinyl sticks to the blade and peels up during the cut.