A beautiful name, isn’t? Do you know what is cameo silhouette?
Well. It is a cutting machine and to be precise, it is an electronic cutting machine for personal
use. Just like a home printer, all you need you do is to plug in it into your
PC or MAC with simple USB cable.
Well. For the first-time user, you need to install the
software that had been included together when you buy the machine. First thing
first, you need to check the cutting blade starting from the number one. Make
sure you use the suitable pressure according to the thickness of vinyl, sticker
and dark paper. Keep in your mind to no scratch the board cutting. However, if
the pressure is quite low, it will probably cause the cutting to be not perfect
or break either.
The speed for the cutting blade is important to get a
perfect and beautiful cutting. Be smart in setting the speed for the cutting
blade to avoid the imperfect cutting. If the design has many curves and quite
serrated, lower the speed for the cutting. However, if the design is in the
straight line only, then you can “add on” the speed of the cutting for the
blade. The perfect speed for the cutting is around 5-12. If the cutting is
still not beautiful, you need to check the sharpness of the blade.
Before you do the cutting, you need to do the “test
cut” first before you do the real cutting one. The best shape for the “test cut”
is a square pattern or triangle pattern to test either the pressure and the
speed for the cutting blade is suitable with the material that you want to cut.
Oh, please do not worry on how to adjust the patterns as that patterns are
available in the software that you installed in your PC and MAC.
Do not forget to check the material that you want to
cut as the material must be in parallel position with this machine. This is
because, it will help to avoid the cutting from “straying” the cutting line. If
there is only a small piece that is hard to be broken off from the material,
use the pin or tweezers to break that small pieces.
In order to avoid the dusts from falling on the material
while cutting it, always cover the cutting mat after use it. This is indirectly
to make sure the stickiness on the cutting board to be long lasting and
durable. You must always monitor the sharpness of the cutting blade to make
sure it will stay sharp. You can always use the cotton bud or a piece of the
cloth to clean the blade.
Actually, it is not hard to take care of this machine.
You can do it by yourself but it just need a little bit patience and caring
only.
