When cutting thick and hard materials such as basswood and chipboard, you can make a clean cut by fixing the material to the mat with masking tape.
Click here for the materials that can be cut and the corresponding mat & blade combinations.
Please update the machine’s software to the latest for a clean cut. Click here to go to the download page.
How to fix the material
Fix all four sides of the material as shown below.
Put tape along the side of the material to fix it.
* If there is a gap between the material and the tape, the material may not be fixed properly and may not be cut cleanly.
【 If a material slip on the mat even though you tried the above operation 】
The mat’s adhesive strength may have been decreased, or the material is not secured properly. Replace the mat with a new one.
The blade may be worn. Replace the blade with a new one.
It may be possible to improve performance by adjusting the cutting depth to 0.1mm or 0.2mm.
The Cut Amount is the depth of the cut in each pass. This allows the machine to cut less material each pass for a cleaner cut.
To adjust the Cut Amount setting, touch in the home screen, and then adjust the setting for Cut Amount.
Reducing the cutting depth reduces the resistance when cutting the material.
This prevents the mat from slipping during cutting. Reducing the cutting depth may increase the cutting time since the number of cuts increases.
The cutting machine may not be able to cut some materials. Before cutting the material, always perform a test/trial cut to confirm successful cutting. For details on trial cutting, refer to How do I perform trial cutting? (Test Cut).
Do not affix masking tape or similar item, over the scanning marks. Otherwise, the mat may not be correctly recognized, or images may not be correctly scanned or cleanly cut.
in the home screen, and then adjust the setting for Cut Amount.
