Blade obstructed if a piece of scrap material usually vinyl or paper is stuck on the blade it will cause cutting issues with your.
Silhouette not cutting through heat transfer vinyl.
Default cut settings rule.
I wasted sooo much heat transfer vinyl.
I m using my silhouette cameo to make vinyl letters to put on acrylic cups as party favors.
I checked that the blade was installed properly bought a new auto blade and mat checked settings checked if strip was damaged it all came down to updated firmware.
Youc an use a heat press or an iron although a heat press is highly recommended if you re doing a lot of htv projects or selling at all.
Trim the heat transfer vinyl close to your design cutting through both the plastic backing and the material.
Just wasted an entire sheet of vinyl because it s not cutting through all the way.
I did not use the mat and i ve tried blade thickness of 1 2 and 3 including cutting.
You can use the silhouette hook tool to weed out smaller pieces of vinyl.
I have a step by step tutorial on how to make a custom t shirt.
I ll cover the best heat transfer vinyl to use for shirts and how to make your own transfer.
How to cut heat transfer vinyl with silhouette cameo.
Then start weeding away the extra vinyl by pulling it off the plastic backing.
I m printing all the guests names.
Expert guide a silhouette cameo is a cutting tool that comes as a computer accessory and is simply plugged in using a usb connection.
I ll be using a silhouette cameo 3 any machine will work.
I have a cameo 3 used only a couple times but my auto blade was not cutting correctly.
The machine has got similar properties to a die cut machine only this time the cutting process is automated.
Heat transfer vinyl glitter sign vinyl faux leather card etc.
This article helped tremendously.
The same goes for the portrait 2 autoblade.
In most cases there are two quick fixes that will fix the issue and get you cutting successfully in a hurry.
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.
I have an easy tutorial on how to use heat transfer vinyl htv.
Would love some help if anyone has advice.
Heat transfer vinyl is a special type of vinyl that can be cut on the silhouette cutting machines which can then be applied to fabric be it clothing pillow covers bags etc with heat and pressure.
