Silhouette Cameo 3 Is Cutting Off The Mat

I was soooo frustrated today kept cutting into my mat it cut the top off several of the images i was cutting.

Silhouette cameo 3 is cutting off the mat. Press load from the control panel on the front of the machine. What is your best cameo 3 tip. Have had my cameo since thanksgiving haven t taken the time to play with it much. 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. Lastly if you re still experiencing issues you can always reach out to the silhouette support team. The mat was feeding initially but then would start slanting and feeding totally wrong and end up at. 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.

In most cases there are two quick fixes that will fix the issue and get you cutting successfully in a hurry. The left edge of the mat should be aligned with the line and two arrows. So something i learned rather quickly after ruining 2 pieces of cardstock on my new silhouette cameo. Now i m on the edge of my deadline and i really don t know what to do.

My silhouette cameo went wonky when it hit a half sheet of paper on the mat. However i hope that this guide was helpful just in case you encountered a problem. The same goes for the portrait 2 autoblade. Thanks again for sharing.

Thank you so much for posting this including and especially the solution. I was then cutting like a crazy quilt and making a horrible grinding noise. Hopefully by now you and your cameo 3 are lean mean cutting machines. 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.

Start by gently positioning the top edge of the silhouette cutting mat along the white rollers. Following the steps silhouette gave me. Literally i placed the same sheet 3 different times to see if at least it was cutting off the lines but the cuts were the same the three times but not at all.