How To Cut Balsa Wood With Cricut Explore

Dec 11 2015 - Testing if the Cricut Explore Air can cut and write on balsa wood.

How to cut balsa wood with cricut explore. Select your Explore and then scroll to the very bottom and click Add New Material. Try the a custom setting using the Deep Cut Blade a pressure of 220 and multi-cut of 4x then adjust from there. Ever wonder if you can cut out wood letters for signs puzzles decor or even cake toppers.

Carefully bend the edge of the mat back opposite of the grain. Its another case where youll have to play around with the settings. We had to jiggle the cut-out a little bit as if we were working with perforated paper.

Remove any stickers or packaging from the wood. Slowly run your fingers between the wood and the mat an inch at a time until the entire piece of wood has been removed from the mat. Im no longer limited to pre-cut products found in the craft store now I can cut anything I want out of 3-D materials like chip.

Balsa wood will generally break a little easier than Basswood. Some users have also successfully cut balsa wood using the Cricut Explore and the Deep Cut Blade. Carefully remove the tape.

It is generally cheaper and easier to find. First make sure you set the dial on the machine to Custom This is a screenshot of the cut screen you can see it was previously set to Cardstock so you will need to change that. Cricut Wood and Chipboard Projects.

Here are some things that you need to know before you cut a custom material with your Cricut Explore Air. If you have a Cricut you can. To do this click on Custom Materials.