Cricut Balsa Wood
The Cricut Maker cuts balsa wood quite well and its by far the fastest of the Knife Blade materials that Ive cut.
Cricut balsa wood. How to Cut Wood with Cricut Explore Air and Cricut Maker. It can cut balsa wood with thicknesses of 132 116 and 332. Look for wood sheets that arent warped or have noticeable imperfections.
The Cricut Maker is so exciting because of all the different materials that it can cut. During that time we discovered that the Cricut Explore CAN cut balsa wood mostly without any damages as long as we use balsa wood thats 132-in thick and adhered it to a Cricut StrongGrip adhesive mat. If left in place star wheels may leave an imprint on project material.
I have an entire post and video all about using the Cricut Makers Knife Blade to cut wood if youre new to it. Balsa wood will generally break a little easier than Basswood. On Cricut Maker machine move white star wheels all the way to the right Learn More.
Cutting basswood and balsa wood is a unique ability for the Makerno other Cricut machine can do it. Cricut has its own line of basswood which is nice and smooth and made to create optimal results with the knife blade. Load your project mat onto Cricut Design Space and press Go.
The release of the knife blade for the Cricut Maker opened up a whole new world of crafting with a Cricut machine. Similarly to Balsa Wood the Cricut can take on Basswood sheets that are up to 116 of an inch. Cricut wood and chipboard projects.
I hope that it inspires you and helps get your creative juices flowing too. For basswood it can cut 132 and 116. Select the Post-It Note custom setting in Cricut Design Space.