How To Cut Balsa Wood With Cricut Maker

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How to cut balsa wood with cricut maker. Knife blade for Maker or Deep Cut Blade for Explore StrongGrip mat the purple one A way to cut your materials I used the amazing Cricut. Add a simple shape on your Design Space canvas. Masking tape or painters tape.

So make sure you select a large image with little to no intricate details. But any old Basswood sized and planed down at the local store simply wont cut it literally. With the Cricut Maker using the Knife Blade you are able to cut Basswood that is one of the following thicknesses.

Balsa wood is another type of what a Cricut Maker can cut precisely and accurately. Some users have also successfully cut balsa wood using the Cricut Explore and the Deep Cut Blade. You will need to buy Cricut Basswood that has been exclusively created for the Cricut Maker.

Press it down well with a brayer. To cut Balsa wood on Cricut Maker follow these steps. Even then I had to run it 3 times to cut through a 15mm sheet.

For cutting wood and other tough materials the Cricut basically just runs the same cutting path a dozen or more times cutting it slightly deeper each time. Place the piece of basswood about 12 inch down and in from the sides of the mat. Even for the thinnest of wood I had to use the maximum setting which was Balsawood 24mm.

Knife Blade is ideal for cuts of moderate detail no smaller than ¾. While the Maker can only cut two thickness variations for the basswood it can cut three for balsa wood. Each run cuts 7 times.