How To Cut Balsa Wood With Cricut Explore Air 2

Wipe material down with a cloth or tack cloth or spray with compressed air to remove dust and stray particles.

How to cut balsa wood with cricut explore air 2. Dec 11 2015 - Testing if the Cricut Explore Air can cut and write on balsa wood. Place your material on a stronggrip mat. Create the first cut perpendicular to the grain only.

Here are some things that you need to know before you cut a custom material with your Cricut Explore Air. You will need a purple strong grip mat painters tape and the deep po. Set the dial on your Cricut Explore to Custom.

I have an entire post and video all about using the Cricut Makers Knife Blade to cut wood if youre new to it. 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. Select your Explore and then scroll to the very bottom and click Add New Material.

Apply very light pressure to the knife. Make multiple passes with the craft knife as needed. This is a screenshot of the cut screen you can see it was previously set to Cardstock so you will need to change that.

To do this click on Custom Materials. Cricut Wood and Chipboard Projects. 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.

Cut material to the size needed for the project using a craft knife and a safety ruler. Cricut Design Space FansMade this video to show how sis and I cut wood on a Cricut Explore Air. First make sure you set the dial on the machine to Custom.