How To Load Cutting Mat Silhouette Cameo

Start by gently positioning the top edge of the silhouette cutting mat along the white rollers.

How to load cutting mat silhouette cameo.

I decided to research how to clean my mat. Use the grid lines on the mat to line the material up with the edges of the sticky portion of your mat. I like to cut most of my vinyl without a mat because the majority of the time i am using rolls of vinyl instead of. Yes all of the silhouette cameo machines portrait machines can cut without a mat.

Press load from the control panel on the front of the machine. Although the maximum cutting width for the cameo is 12 you can load widths up to 15 so if you can cut your vinyl wider than 12 and load it into the machine centered with the rollers. Next apply your material to the mat. Mine was and i found myself super frustrated because none of my vinyl was sticking to my mat.

Next butt the mat up to the rollers on your machine. I have a cameo 1 as well but use my cameo 3 without the mat as the rollers are easier to move. How to load vinyl without a mat. Quick video showing proper alignment of the cutting mat on both the silhouette cameo 3 and cameo 4 machines.

The left edge of the mat should be aligned with the line and two arrows. To load a cutting mat into the silhouette cameo remove the protective covering sheet from the mat. Load options for the original cameo cameo 2 and portrait are selected using the buttons on the machine itself. In order to prevent damage to your cutting strip a mat should always be used when cutting materials without a backing i would rather take the time to load my mat than have to replace the cutting strip on my machine.

To load the cutting mat into the silhouette machine. I wanted to cut some heat transfer vinyl for a shirt i was making but my vinyl kept slipping. You may have to work on moving the rollers on a cameo 1. They can be a bit tricky.

Place the vinyl on the correct size of mat you have selected in the silhouette software. Cut a piece of vinyl the length of your design plus a few inches. However the rollers are a bit different. Line the mat up with the blue line on the left hand side of your machine.

Is your mat a little full of leftover vinyl fibers or full of glitter. Follow the steps below to see what you need to do to load the cutting mat. How to clean your silhouette cameo cutting mat. Silhouette cutting mats are available in several sizes.