How To Cut Balsa Wood With Cricut Maker

So make sure you select a large image with little to no intricate details.

How to cut balsa wood with cricut maker. Knife Blade is ideal for cuts of moderate detail no smaller than ¾. Balsa wood is another type of what a Cricut Maker can cut precisely and accurately. Load the mat and press the Cricut button to start cutting.

You can cut balsa wood with a thickness of 132 116 and 332. How to Cut Wood with Cricut Explore Air and Cricut Maker. For cutting wood and other tough materials the Cricut basically just runs the same cutting path a dozen or more times cutting it slightly deeper each time.

Remove any stickers or packaging from the wood. Cut material to the size needed for the project using a craft knife and a safety ruler. While the Maker can only cut two thickness variations for the basswood it can cut three for balsa wood.

116 balsa wood sheets. Add a simple shape on your Design Space canvas. Even then I had to run it 3 times to cut through a 15mm sheet.

Some users have also successfully cut balsa wood using the Cricut Explore and the Deep Cut Blade. 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. Carefully bend the edge of the mat back opposite of the grain.

These varying thicknesses allow you to work on more projects. To cut Balsa wood on Cricut Maker follow these steps. Expect to see Knife Blade impressions or cuts on the mat.