Silhouette Blade Cutting Through Vinyl Backing

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.

Silhouette blade cutting through vinyl backing. 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. Trying out new vinyl or felt a blunt blade or any other number of reasons. The end cap unscrews while it s cutting it won t automatically set itself to the cut settings in the send menu etc. Blade ratchet to change blade setting on each machine made in the last 3 years or so there is a round indentation on the machine in the lower left hand side.

I can use an older style ratchet blade in the adapter and it will cut fine. If this happened the blade is cutting too deep. For me this is the bane of using vinyl. When cutting adhesive vinyl or heat transfer vinyl a kiss cut is used to cut the vinyl but leave the carrier sheet or backing intact.

1 blade is not properly inserted and or locked down. Did the machine cut all the way through to the back. It took me a long time to get it right and i often have to make small adjustments for various reasons ie. In most cases there are two quick fixes that will fix the issue and get you cutting successfully in a hurry.

Did it cut cleanly through the 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. Silhouette finally has more autoblades available and is sending me a new one. The same goes for the portrait 2 autoblade.

This video shows how i resolved a silhouette vinyl cutting issue. If you ve just replaced your blade and are having this problem you probably have the wrong blade. Once the cut is finished use the unload button on your machine to unload your vinyl. This is a tool you can use to change the setting on the blade.

Can the triangle be removed completely without any places sticking. Just remove the blade from the carriage put it blade side down into the indention and turn until the blade is on the setting you want. How to stop cutting through vinyl backing. Once the vinyl is removed look at your test cut.

To cut properly the blade must be pushed all the way down with no visible gap between the tool holder and the blade.