Silhouette Settings For Cutting On Vinyl Without Mat

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Silhouette settings for cutting on vinyl without mat.

I m using glossy vinyl my ratchet blade and i have my cut setting on a two. Can t wait to see what you decide to cut without a mat. I am going to show you using the silhouette studio program that came with your silhouette. Whatever the reason both silhouette studio and your silhouette cameo need to be set up correctly to cut without a mat.

This silhouette tutorial will walk you through the three quick steps to successfully set. If you are using any previous silhouette cutting models cameo 3 portrait 2 etc you must use a cutting mat to cut out cardstock or other paper materials. 2 after adjusting the page size to longer than the mat mat s still underneath. When you aren t cutting without a mat you can cut.

Don t be intimated by cutting vinyl without a mat on the silhouette cameo. Okay so we cut without a mat let see how that goes. Save those mats for cardstock. Next the pop out cut feature can be used only with the cameo 4 machine line.

1 regular settings for using a 12 x 12 mat. Position the design on the mat the rollers may leave an indentation along the edge of the vinyl like this. Speed of five and force at four. This is a great feature to have the ability to cut materials without a mat for things longer like this 12 x 33 wall decal.

Maybe you prefer to cut vinyl without a silhouette cutting mat or maybe the material you re cutting is too long to fit on a cutting mat. I used oracal 631 for this project and used the vinyl matte setting in the silhouette software to get a beautiful cut. 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. Lastly ensure you ve selected the correct cut settings before cutting out your design by performing a test.

3 after setting the cutting mat to none the screen mat has disappeared. And you can see that it didn t cut all the way through that backing. And it cut beautifully.