Silhouette Cameo 3 Is Cutting Off The Mat

In most cases there are two quick fixes that will fix the issue and get you cutting successfully in a hurry.

Silhouette cameo 3 is cutting off the mat. The left edge of the mat should be aligned with the line and two arrows. I was soooo frustrated today kept cutting into my mat it cut the top off several of the images i was cutting. I was then cutting like a crazy quilt and making a horrible grinding noise. I just got off the phone with silhouette and had to edit this post after getting some great help.

The mat was feeding initially but then would start slanting and feeding totally wrong and end up at. One of the most common issues from silhouette cameo beginners is that their cameo 3 autoblade is cutting through the vinyl or other material and the backing. Now i m on the edge of my deadline and i really don t know what to do. Lastly if you re still experiencing issues you can always reach out to the silhouette support team.

Following the steps silhouette gave me. To load the cutting mat into the silhouette machine. I checked a lot of tutorials and i placed the mat the same way three times. The cameo 3 is awesome and shouldn t cause any issues.

So something i learned rather quickly after ruining 2 pieces of cardstock on my new silhouette cameo. My silhouette cameo went wonky when it hit a half sheet of paper on the mat. I have worked on this problem for a few days and posted a thread yesterday called cutting top of mat silhouette cameo 3 i received numerous helpful questions and suggestions but the cure was following the suggested solution above. Thank you so much for posting this including and especially the solution.

Have had my cameo since thanksgiving haven t taken the time to play with it much. Press load from the control panel on the front of the machine. However i hope that this guide was helpful just in case you encountered a problem. Start by gently positioning the top edge of the silhouette cutting mat along the white rollers.

The same goes for the portrait 2 autoblade. Thanks again for sharing. I ve been trying to cut svg files the last few days couldn t get them to save in the proper place or unzip.