When i called silhouette about a defective blade they mentioned that people should not be cutting even thin chipboard or anything.
Silhouette blade setting vinyl no matt.
Because of a channel that runs under the blade area the cameo 4 can preform a special cutting action which cuts all the way through the material even though there is not a cutting mat.
It does this by lifting the blade in tiny segments as it cuts leaving part of the material connected to the full page.
This is for all blades not just the autoblade but it is especially important with the autoblade as it cannot adjust correctly if it is not in properly.
I adjust the cut settings increase thickness or blade and send to cut again without unloading the vinyl from the machine.
I like the silhouette america brand cutting mats spatula and scraper but find this hook to be the best vinyl weeding tool.
The blade depth does not need to be nor can it be adjusted.
Available as a single blade or as a 3 pack of silhouette premium blades silhouette curio stippling etching tip the transparent blue stippling etching tip is for use in the silhouette curio.
After setting the cutting mat to none the screen mat has disappeared.
The silhouette cameo can cut lengths of vinyl or anything with a backing up to 10 feet long.
Make sure you are cutting something with backing like vinyl ps this is my favorite vinyl ever and it s an amazing price on amazon with free shipping if you cut something like paper without a mat the piece you cut out won t have anywhere to go and it will be sliding around in your.
Products cricut setting silhouette setting brother scan cut setting etched vinyl light card stock material.
Vinyl silhouette brand i choose this for regular vinyl including 631 651 silhouette brand and cricut brand glitter patterned and other similar.
This will get you to a good starting point.
Updated march 7 2012 to include this tip from diane i got the impression that you should never use your cameo with the blade set higher than 3.
Don t worry be crafty.
Recommended vinyl tools for silhouette cameo you ll also need a few basic vinyl tools including a weeding hook spatula cutting mat and a scraper.
It should look like this with no gap at all between the blade and the housing.
Don t think of me shouting that at you.
Glow in the dark vinyl use for glow in the dark vinyl.
Vinyl matte blade 1 speed 5 force 10 blade 3 speed 3 pressure 2.
I am going to show you using the silhouette studio program that came with your silhouette.
I used oracal 631 for this project and used the vinyl matte setting in the silhouette software to get a.
Preparing your first silhouette cameo vinyl cut.
There is also no fin on the blade.
Card stock plain blade 1 speed 4 force 14 blade 3 speed 3 pressure 3 oracal 631 custom.