Silhouette Cameo 3 Is Cutting Off The Mat

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.

Silhouette cameo 3 is cutting off the mat.

So something i learned rather quickly after ruining 2 pieces of cardstock on my new silhouette cameo. I was then cutting like a crazy quilt and making a horrible grinding noise. The cameo 3 is awesome and shouldn t cause any issues. I checked a lot of tutorials and i placed the mat the same way three times.

However i hope that this guide was helpful just in case you encountered a problem. Have had my cameo since thanksgiving haven t taken the time to play with it much. Start by gently positioning the top edge of the silhouette cutting mat along the white rollers. I was soooo frustrated today kept cutting into my mat it cut the top off several of the images i was cutting.

Thanks again for sharing. Thank you so much for posting this including and especially the solution. I ve been trying to cut svg files the last few days couldn t get them to save in the proper place or unzip. My silhouette cameo went wonky when it hit a half sheet of paper on the mat.

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. The same goes for the portrait 2 autoblade. Now i m on the edge of my deadline and i really don t know what to do.

In most cases there are two quick fixes that will fix the issue and get you cutting successfully in a hurry. Following the steps silhouette gave me. Hopefully by now you and your cameo 3 are lean mean cutting machines. 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.

What is your best cameo 3 tip. To load the cutting mat into the silhouette machine. Lastly if you re still experiencing issues you can always reach out to the silhouette support team.