How To Cut Balsa Wood With Cricut Explore Air 2

Cricut Explore Air or Explore Air 2 with Design Space Cricut 1224 Cutting Mat Cricut Vinyl in Caribbean Cricut Transfer Tape Cricut XL Scraper Acrylic Paint I used DecoArt Americana in Teal Mint wood.

How to cut balsa wood with cricut explore air 2. Basswood Cricut Projects Cutting basswood and balsa wood is a unique ability for the Makerno other Cricut machine can do it. Set the dial on your Cricut Explore to Custom. First make sure you set the dial on the machine to Custom.

And give it a name so Basswood. If youd like to try this on the Cricut Explore I want you to go to the menu in the upper left-hand corner and click on Manage Custom Materials. Here are some things that you need to know before you cut a custom material with your Cricut Explore Air.

Try the a custom setting using the Deep Cut Blade a pressure of 220 and multi-cut of 4x then adjust from there. Cricut Wood and Chipboard Projects. We had to jiggle the cut-out a little bit as if we were working with perforated paper.

Use a scraper to gently lift the balsa wood off of the cutting mat before flipping the mat over to remove the mat from the balsa wood. I just got a Cricut Explore Air a couple weeks ago and have attempted 116 balsa 132 birch plywood 164 birch plywood and two different wood veneers oak and pine and my Cricut has not been able to cut through any of it. Create the first cut perpendicular to the grain only.

Heres a video for the awesome people on the Facebook Group. Hold the tip of the knife at 45 degrees to the wood. Cricut Explore Air 2 creative bang for your buck.

It works with 100 materials cut everything from cardstock vinyl and iron-on to specialty materials like glitter paper and bonded fabric with incredible precision. Cut material to the size needed for the project using a craft knife and a safety ruler. Its another case where youll have to play around with the settings.