HOW TO USE THE CRICUT MAKER KNIFE TOOL TO CUT WOOD

Cutting Wood With Your Cricut Maker Knife Tool

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What can the Cricut Maker Knife blade cut?

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Cuts should be moderately detailed; no smaller than 3/4" including interior cuts.

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Your Cricut Maker requires multiple passes to cut through thicker materials like wood; so the fast mode cut will not work for these projects.

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Before removing the mat from the machine check to ensure all cuts are good to go and that you don’t need to run the material through for more passes.

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Move the star wheels

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Prepare your material and mat, then calibrate your knife blade.

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Prep the machine and materials

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Start the project.

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Wait awhile, then finish up!

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