My Cricut settings chart

When using the Cricut with different materials to get optimum results I found that it helped making a chart of the settings and pasting it on my studio wall above my cricut.

I collected the various settings from websites and also from my own personal experience.

So here is the chart I have up on my studio wall.

Settings from Cricut Website

Magnet

 0.35”/0.80mm  - deepcut blade - speed med, pressure max, blade depth 6 and multicut 4

Stencil

0.0155”/0.40mm - standard blade - speed med, pressure max, blade depth 6 and multicut 2

* adhesive backing is repositionable. cover the rest of piece back again.

Chipboard

.059”/0.40mm - deepcut blade - speed med, pressure high, blade depth 6 and multicut 5

Stamp

0.0415”/1.05mm - deepcut blade - speed med, pressure high, blade depth 4 or 5 and multicut 1

Embossing folder

0.0160”/0.41mm - standard blade - speed med, pressure max, blade depth 6 and multicut 2

Iron on fabric

0.023”/0.58mm - standard blade - speed med, pressure high, blade depth 5 and multicut 1

* add iron on transfer to regular fabric set with iron before cutting.

Settings from experience and gleaned from other cricut users

Chipboard settings

A new blade and mat work best

For thicker board like Grafix medium weight I use a old mat which I haven’t discarded then attach it using atg gun and then cut. (have to muticut 8 times)

 .022- this is like a med-heavy cardstock, blade:5-6, pressure:max,

speed: 4, multi cut:2

.024- think cereal box- same as .022, if clay coated, multi cut:3

.028- IDEAL for cricut usage! blade:6, pressure:max, speed: 4-5

multi cut:4

Grafix medium weight chipboard - deepcut blade, speed high, pressure - max, multicut - 8

(to multicut 8 times load mat - multicut with setting 4 then without unloading the mat  press load again and then repeat last)

Paper & speeds

Thin paper -speed  low , blade depth - 3 , pressure - low to medium and multicut 1

Cardstock -speed  low, blade depth - 3, pressure - medium to high, multicut 1

Thicker Cardstock -speed low, blade depth - 3 or 4 , pressure - high or max

Vinyl

kiss cut (i.e not cutting the adhesive backing )

blade depth - 6

speed - 3

pressure 3

Cricut Dan’s recommended setting for vinyl - deep cut blade (angle is important so can also use the deep blade in green housing) , blade depth 4, speed med and pressure medium.


Shrinky dinks
Pressure set to 5
Speed set to 5
Depth set to 5
Multi-Cut set to twice

lots of people ask me where I buy my chipboards from . I get it from either

uline - 12 x 12 and 0.022 thickness - here's the link http://www.uline.com/Product/Detail/S-7909/Pads/12-x-12-x-022-Chipboard-Pads

or if I need just a small amount from

ckresale 0 here's that link http://www.ckresale.com/

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