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Is Cricut not cutting your materials? Fix it in 6 easy steps
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Updated onOctober 4, 2023
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If your Cirut machine is not cutting through your material or the Circuit is not cutting at all, you can repair it with some simple troubleshooting. So many times, you attempt to useCricutfor a design, but the machine completely messes it up.
A lot of users have had the challenge ofCricutnot cutting through the material, so we will explore the solutions for this problem here. Let us go through troubleshooting tips for whenCricutis not cutting or when it does not cut all the way through.
How do I fix my Cricut not cutting correctly?
1. General troubleshooting tips
The tips above are the general troubleshooting steps to take when you notice that Circut is not cutting correctly.
If you attempt 1 to 7, and the machine is still malfunctioning, then proceed to the specific solutions that follow.
2. Install the green/gold assembly into the cutting arms correctly
Always insert the green/gold assembly in the middle groove area. Users mistakenly put it in the lower groove area, and this can be why theCricutis not cutting.
If you install the assembly correctly, there will be no space between the bottom of the machine and the blade.
3. Determine why Cricut is not cutting using an assembly test
4. Check blade height setting
Without additional external testing, you can confirm if the blade extends out of the green/gold blade assembly. If it does, then you need to adjust the blade height settings.
It is tough to estimate the correct height. So, change the blade height to around 6 (1 mm) and adjust it from there.
5. Determine why Cricut is not cutting using an arm buoyancy test
6. Adjust the sizes
Images and texts may be too small to cut. Changing the size of the fonts and images can fix this issue ofCricutnot cutting.
Several factors can be the reason forCricutnot cutting all the way through, and we have explored the solutions. Begin the troubleshooting with the tips in the first section, as these are sufficient for most cases.
Milan Stanojevic
Windows Toubleshooting Expert
Milan has been enthusiastic about technology ever since his childhood days, and this led him to take interest in all PC-related technologies. He’s a PC enthusiast and he spends most of his time learning about computers and technology.
Before joining WindowsReport, he worked as a front-end web developer. Now, he’s one of the Troubleshooting experts in our worldwide team, specializing in Windows errors & software issues.
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Milan Stanojevic
Windows Toubleshooting Expert
Before joining WindowsReport, he worked as a front-end web developer. Now, he’s specialized in Windows errors & software issues.
