How To Cut Balsa Wood With Cricut Explore

Cut material to the size needed for project using a craft knife and a safety ruler.

How to cut balsa wood with cricut explore. Our conclusion - Yes. 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. When autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select.

Select your Explore and then scroll to the very bottom and click Add New Material. Ever wonder if you can cut out wood letters for signs puzzles decor or even cake toppers. It is generally cheaper and easier to find.

Im so excited to show you what Ive learned about cutting non-traditional materials with my new Cricut Explore Air. With the Cricut Maker using the Knife Blade you are able to cut Balsa Wood that is one of the following thicknesses. I have an entire post and video all about using the Cricut Makers Knife Blade to cut wood if youre new to it.

We had to jiggle the cut-out a little bit as if we were working with perforated paper. Some users have also successfully cut balsa wood using the Cricut Explore and the Deep Cut Blade. Ensure the piece of wood is no wider than 11.

Make multiple passes with the craft knife as needed. Dec 11 2015 - Testing if the Cricut Explore Air can cut and write on balsa wood. Basswood Cricut Projects Cutting basswood and balsa wood is a unique ability for the Makerno other Cricut machine can do it.

250 pressure 5x cut start yours a little lower on the test area and then go up to 5x if you need to. Remove any stickers or packaging from the wood. 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.