My explore machine pauses or stops when cutting writing or scoring my project.
Why wont my cricut cup through vinyl.
You can do so much more than just cut paper with it.
If using a cricut explore air 2 or cricut maker in fast mode turn fast mode off and attempt your cut again.
My fabric keeps getting caught under the rollers.
Since christmas just came and went and i know that a lot of people are trying out their machine i thought it was a good time to write a cricut faq post.
Over the past year i ve read so many questions about cricut and most of them are pretty similar.
Remove the negative pieces from each of the images leaving the clear.
My favorite material to cut with my cricut explore air is adhesive vinyl.
If you have tried everything above and your cutting issue is still not resolved contact cricut support.
If cutting a simple image resolves the issue try cutting the more intricate image using the custom setting for cardstock intricate cuts.
There are tons of other materials you can cut.
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.
Here is a step by step guide on how to cut vinyl with a cricut machine.
Cricut machine does not cut through my material if your cricut explore or cricut maker machine is not cutting all the way through your material or is only scoring the material this issue can usually be resolved with some basic troubleshooting.
Applies to cricut personal cricut create cricut cake cricut cake mini cricut expression cricut expression 2 cricut imagine.
Why is it doing that.
If you manage to get the thin fonts or smaller script words to cut correctly try reverse weeding to make it easier to transfer if you are using vinyl.
Cutting vinyl with a cricut machine.
If you are cutting an image which is very intricate or small try cutting a simpler or larger.
Preparation with cricut transfer tape.
Press flashing go button.
Your cricut machine can be used for more than just cutting paper for scrapbooks.
Firmware update cricut explore and maker machines.
Refer to kiss cut guide below to adjust machine settings.
If your cricut machine is not cutting all the way through your material or is only scoring the material this issue can usually be resolved with some basic troubleshooting.
If your cricut cuts through the backing there are usually one of two possible issues.
Cricut machine roller bars are not moving.
Select images and size and load the mat into the machine.
My cricut maker keeps turning off in the middle of my cut.