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 cutting vinyl too deep.
By doing this you make sure it cuts all the way through your media ie deep enough it doesn t cut too deep where it will damage your mat or cutting strip and if you are cutting something that has a backing like htv vinyl or sticker paper you can cut through the top layer but not the backing perfectly.
The fix is to move the paper or material on the cutting mat over and up just slightly so it covers the top and left edge of the grid line box right.
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.
When the blade is not fully seated in the tool carriage meaning there is a gap even a small one it actually cuts too deep.
If your silhouette cameo 4 wont read registration marks for print and cut it is likely trying to read the grid lines on your cutting mat left.
For me this is the bane of using vinyl.
Now you are ready to design.
My friend and fellow instructor elly from silhouette secrets has diagnosed this issue so often on facebook that she keeps a photo of a properly installed blade on hand to post whenever someone is having cutting issues.
Blade fin is not aligned at 6 o clock the black fin on the ratchet blade housing must be pointed at the 6 o clock position or the silhouette will not cut correctly or at all unlock the lock and turn the blade until the fin is in the correct position.
To cut properly the blade must be pushed all the way down with no visible gap between the tool holder and the blade.
The same goes for the portrait 2 autoblade.
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 love this option because you can use long rolls of vinyl and cut multiple projects at once.
Trying out new vinyl or felt a blunt blade or any other number of reasons.
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.
Cutting without a mat this option is great because you can cut smaller pieces of vinyl without a mat.
How to stop cutting through vinyl backing.
1 blade is not properly inserted and or locked down.
In most cases there are two quick fixes that will fix the issue and get you cutting successfully in a hurry.
