Can Cricut Cut Wood

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Can cricut cut wood. Obviously since its Cricut-brand basswood youll probably get the best results using it. You will need to use the knife blade to cut wood and be prepared for it to take many passes. You can cut wood with the Explore.

Cutting wood is a fun new material to work with with your Cricut cutting machine. 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. You can cut either wood on the Cricut Maker machine.

If youve never heard of a Cricut the Cricut Maker is essentially a cutting machine like a mini CNC that cuts tons of different materials. The Cricut Maker can cut basswood balsa wood as well as wood veneer. The Cricut Explore series probably cant handle those but the newest Cricut Maker is designed to handle thicker materials and puts out 10x the cutting pressure.

Basswood has a smooth even wood grain with no resin or pitch to interfere with the Knife Blade. There are a few things you need to know when Crciut wood cutting however. The Cricut Maker can cut pretty much any material less than 332 of an inch or 24mm thick.

If youre going to cut the wood out on your cutting machine upload the file to your design software. If Knife Blade crosses the edge of the wood there is a high probability it will break. Cut Wood with Cricut Explore and Cricut Maker.

The wood is really more like a veneer. I am covering everything below including blades mats and tips and tricks for success. If left in place star wheels may leave an imprint on project material.