How To Cut Acrylic Sheet With Cricut Maker
But there are some things you need to be aware of.
How to cut acrylic sheet with cricut maker. There are many places you can purchase acrylic sheets and you will need to find a place near you that has them for sale. Place the piece of acrylic on a self healing cutting mat and line your piece up with the grid. Make a circle and resize to 3 inches. Place the small circle on top of the larger one in about the place you want the hole.
Choose your size adding 1 2 to slip down into the grove in the light and begin slicing. The knife blade for the maker is the recommended way to cut acrylic the deep cut blade on the air 2 will also cut acrylic but you will need to make sure the thickness of your acrylic is 1 mm or less. It is called knife blade. To cut acrylic with cricut maker you must have the right blade that can cut acrylic finely.
Now it is time for the big question. Ensure tip is firmly seated against the housing release plunger to secure tip in place. The thickness of the acrylic must be 1mm or less. Select both just drag your mouse over them both at the same time go to align and select align horizontally.
Engrave your design first and then start cutting the acrylic. Make another circle and resize to 25 inches. It will take several times to cut through. You can find the blade and cut settings of what i used to cut my sheets below.
Always do a sample first so you can get an idea of it.