Cricut Wood Cutting

Make sure all cuts are at least ¼ away from the edge of the wood.

Cricut wood cutting. This cute DIY wooden. You can also see our guide on cutting thicker wood with your Maker if you need it. 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. The Cricut Maker is so exciting because of all the different materials that it can cut. I recommend the basswood for this project as it is a stronger wood and works best for engraving.

I have an entire post and video all about using the Cricut Makers Knife Blade to cut wood if youre new to it. 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. If you want to use my Maker Heart design Design 123 download it from my free resource library you can get a password for it at the bottom of this page.

For basswood it can cut 132 and 116. However I did not have any issues with them and I cut a lot from these materials recently. Cutting basswood and balsa wood is a unique ability for the Makerno other Cricut machine can do it.

How to Cut Wood with Cricut Explore Air and Cricut Maker. One of the materials Im most excited about is basswood so today Im sharing a round-up of the best Cricut Maker Wood Projects Ive seen. To do this click on Custom Materials This will bring up a list of materials the Cricut can cut along with a recommended setting for each material.

It can cut balsa wood with thicknesses of 132 116 and 332. 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. In this video we share how to cut balsa wood 132 and basswood 116.