Silhouette CAMEO 4 Autoblade Isn't Cutting Deep Enough? Here's the Fix
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Another thing I just learned to be aware of is related to the settings in Silhouette Studio. Others may be aware of this already but it took me forever to clue in. Watching this video got me looking more closely at the depth my blade was set to vs the actual settings in Studio. I realized that while I had my blade depth set to 6 in the "Cut Lines" settings, it was only going to 4 for the real cut while the test cut was going to the appropriate depth of 6. The problem wasn't that it wasn't registering taps though - there were only 4 taps attempted. So the blade was set right according to the number of taps, just not what I had in my Cut Lines settings. What I finally clued into was that I was using the layers to indicate which layer to use to cut and hadn't changed the material listed there. Then down below in the "Cut Lines" section I set my material and used some preset settings. So for the test cut it used the settings in the lower "Cut Lines" section which was 6, but for the main cut it was using the layer settings which was for a totally different kind of material that had a preset blade depth of 4. I made the appropriate adjustment to the material for the layer and now it's all fine. Sorry a bit long winded but I am hoping that this may help someone else!
Thanks for doing this video. I have used a Portrait for years and recently bought a Cameo 4. After a few uses the blade stopped working. Got it working again thanks to your tip about making it think it was not an auto blade. You saved my day!
Yay! You fixed my problem. I'm so happy I could cry! I was nearly ready to scrap my whole project, then I came across your video. Thank you for recommending a force of 14 for HTV. Heaven sent information.
Yay! This got me back to cutting! Not sure if the blade wasn't pushed all the way down, or if there was some paper stuck inside, but I did all of the steps you showed and it started cutting perfectly again.
I tried all of these solutions. I took out the blade and reinserted it but it was changing from the reset of 0. I finally restarted my machine and that did the trick. I learned so good tricks from this video. Thanks Melissa.
Thank you very much for your straight to the point explanation. You solved my problem. God bless you. Much love form the UK.
Thank you so much! I was able to take that small piece off of my blade and found a tiny piece of vinyl. At your recommendation I also changed the force from 10 to 14 and the difference was amazing. Thank you again!
Glad I could help!
Another great tutorial! I was able to use the information provided here to fix my problem, even though my problem wasn't exactly one of the things described. The blade was fine, but when it was tapping, it only reset to 0, it wasn't correctly changing the blade depth. Looking closely, only the first tap was going in the hole. The subsequent taps for changing to the set depth was tapping between the 2 holes, instead of in the hole. I powered off my machine and turned it on again, which re-set so that the taps happened in the right spot.
Thank you so much for all the info here Melissa. I’m having trouble cutting with my auto blade in portrait 3 so checked the things you have suggested and going to try again 🙂
You are a life saver, didnt know i could open the blade to clean it. Did that and now its working perfectly 🎉
Thx!
Thanks. I found a lot of depris inside of the blade just after 2 days of using the machine. Super helpful tip!
Thank you! I was replacing my blade after every two sheets of vinyl! Luckily, I had kept them, and realized they had debris in them that was keeping them from resetting. Thank you so much for this video. You’re a life saver!
Glad I could help!
This was litterally one of the most helpful videos ever. Thank you for this info.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for the info about the reset hard tap! This info was gold. I was confused about how it resets back to zero but now that I know that there is two different kind of taps makes it make sense to me. Thank you.
Amazing tutorial with exact precise info and directions on the blades . I learn so much from this video. Thank you
My machine was etching instead of cutting. When you described how the auto blade presses down automatically to change the dial, i realized my cutting mat was over that tiny hole so it wasn't pressing down, it stayed at 0. THANK YOU!!
thank you so much,had this auto blade issue with alot of orders,i absolutely snapped,but really thank you so much,i follow and checked every instruction,it works now...done subscribed!!!
Hi Malissa, I have the 1st portrait machine which I love, it is always good to watch these video's, you always learn something new, TFS Cheers Anna.
Yes! Thank you. I selected Manual Blade 2mm since ratchet blade wasn't available in the drop down menu but it worked perfect
Thank you Melissa. Very good video.
Thank you thank you thank you!!!! I had no idea why my blade wasn't cutting correctly. I watched your video and BINGO!!!! My blade was filthy.
YOU ARE AWESOME!! I would have NEVER seen that crack!
I appreciate you so much! I have been a cricut user and I seriously was about to send this Cameo back. It's been nothing but a pain. Thank you!
You are so welcome!
Thank You Melissa!👏
I was in the middle of a cut and it just stop cutting the depth I had set it at. I knew you'd have the answer, so I popped over to your channel. Yup! I cleaned the blade and cleaned out those little channels you mention in this video. They were full of glitter from glitter paper! It's all clean and working just fine again! You're Awesome 👌 👏 👍!
Wonderful!
I never thought to clean the part where it taps.... lifesaver
Thank you so much! I'm new to this world and this was driving me nuts.
Because of you I'm finally up n running. Thank you
Thank you so much, I was going nuts because my blade was cutting to deep until I placed it correctly in the blade housing & then adjusted the force & depth.
Glad it helped
Thank you so much for the in depth blade info. 😎👍
i did exactly as recommended and it works like a charm! best channel for cameo guide :)
Much appreciated!
Thank you so much. I was having trouble cutting through a sticker sheet, with the blade only piercing through the adhesive layer and not making it all the way through the backing. I was so stressed as I am new to the cameo, so I went and bought a 2mm manual blade. Your first solution worked for me, all I had to do was insert the auto blade in correctly and it cut through the sticker sheet entirely. So I can now sell stickers!! Thanks again ❤
Wonderful!
Thank you! I didn't even know what that container was that will old my old blades! I still want to get comfortable with my new machine & autoblade but right now I have a project that HAS to get done!
Thank you so much. My autoblade broke and needed another one ASAP and the extra autoblade I got from amazon wasn't cutting at all either 😠BUT I did have a brand new ratchet blade that I never used on my very first Cameo 1. So I went back into my Cameo 4 supplies and saw that I had the black adaptor (which I had no clue what to do with) you showed in your video and it WORKED PERFECTLY!!! Thank you so much again!! 🤗
Yay! Glad it worked
OMG, this saves my life, never thought a bunch of clouds of dust is filling out there that prevents on cutting deep enough.
Thank you so much for posting this video. I’m new to using the silhouette machine. I had my blade in wrong. Now it cuts perfectly.
Glad I could help!
Thank you. I didn’t know that about the dust
Thank you so much for this video. It totally helped me!!!
Apreciate for your tips n tricks to solve autoblade problems. Found my tiny blade looks dirty, just brushed and cleanup and comeback again! Thankss
Great to hear!
Great video! Thank you!
thank you so much. this is very helpful
Thank you so much I was beginning to think I was going mad!!!!!
Thanks for the info ☀️👍
Thank you sooo much you really fixed my blade and my mood in the same time :)
Haha happy to hear that
Thank you!
Appreciate the help 💨💨
Literally the first thing you said I was doing wrong 🤣 no wonder it wasn't cutting... thank you!
Great tips. When I took the end off my blade there was a ring of compacted felt from rhinestone flock.
So helpful thanks!!!!
Thank you
Thanks for fixing my issue
That was extremely helpful 😍 thanx alot
My pleasure 😊
hi thank you, this is very useful information. Something to bear in mind for when I get my Cameo 4 tomorrow, can't wait to try it out
You'll have so much fun!
Thank you 😘
Thank you!❤
THANK YOU!!
Thank you! This video was very helpful!!
I'm so glad!
Thank you so much !!!!
Thank you! This video helped me tons!!
Glad it helped!
Very helpful😍
Thanks!!!
This video helped me so much!! Thank you so much !!!!
You're so welcome!
thank you so much. I've hit my head against the wall for days trying to figure out why my blade wasn't cutting properly. It was the Lock feature on the machine. It's not super clear what that it and how that works in the instructions. I thought it meant pushing the blade down far enough so that it 'locked' into place. You might suggest to the tech writers that they be clearer about this and that one has to actually push the front of the mechanism towards the blade to 'lock' it into place.... yay thanks so so much for this video.
Glad it helped
Exactly what I was looking for thank u so much 💞 frustrating not knowing why my blade wasn't cutting 💞💞 Appreciate you 💞🌹💞
Glad I could help!
Melissa I have a new one for you... I tried everything you suggested before realized my BRAND NEW autoblade was defective. The blade itself is turned slightly to the side so it was never cutting cleanly and rarely all the way through. Thanks for these great tips. I'm learning a lot!
Oh wow!
Thank you so much!!! I changed my force setting to 14 and it works perfect for HTV!
THANK YOU!!!!!
Best advice ever! The settings are incorrect...recommend #14. Love your videos because you don't waste a lot of time. Thank you
ty for the info. this has been really helpful with the issues i have. I noticed that it wouldn't click past 4 which makes sense. ty!
Glad it helped you
thankyou it helps me alottttt
Awesome vid and thanks so much
Glad you enjoyed it
thanks for the video
You bet!
thanks for the video, i wish my issue was here! Just bought a brand new sihouette studio 3. the blade was working fine this morning and then suddenly out of no where its not cutting anything, after so much trial, effort, and going through anything i could to get it working.
Thank YOu! you save my life!
Glad to hear that!
Thank you. Was looking at the two presses you have behind you, which ones are they?
Got my Cameo 4 in Jan of this year. And had nothing but problems with the auto blade. All of the above did not work, so got a ratchet blade. My husband got me a Cameo 3 for Mothers day and I LOVE that auto blade. No problems with the 3 blade like I had with the 4 blade.
I HATE my Cameo 4 Pro. Cameo 3 is a workhorse, though.
Thank you! Was ready to go buy a new machine! It was a tapping issue.. the hole was full of crap and didn't tap correctly so I was cutting at 5 depth instead of 2. :)
Glad it helped!
Thanks for the help when I replaced my auto blade with a new one I haven’t been able to get it to work. I actually have gone through 2 new auto blades with no help on getting them to work. I don’t have any trouble using the ratchet blade but I do like the convenience of the auto blade. Guess I just got a bad batch of blades - unfortunately I ordered 4 of the auto blades when I got my Cameo 4.
You always give such great advice!
On another note I haven’t been able to connect via Bluetooth since I got my machine - I went through the steps on the Silhouette site no help - any helpful tips on that? I had no trouble with my cameo 3.
Thank you for making this video! I couldn't for my life understand how it couldn't cut through my address label sticky paper even with blade on 8. Turned out the instructions never mentioned the "lock & load" part. I put in the blade, but never locked it, so it got constantly pushed up at the very beginning 😅 Ooops...
I was trying to use my portrait 3 and was wondering why it's not cutting at all. Like I tried 5 times and was looking at the blade. it's not coming down. And so I tried what you said about the first prob. apparently it's NOT LOCKED IN correctly. Thank you so much! It's my first time using my machine. LOL.
NO JOKE same. First, it wasn't reading the registration lines, then not cutting, I finally read the user guide and found my blade was not locked into place. Now I just have to get better sticker paper that won't curl up, Its never-ending.
So glad you got it!!
Try using a brayer to adhere your sticker paper to your mat, it's super helpful for good cuts! www.silhouetteschoolblog.com/2019/12/why-and-when-to-use-brayer-silhouette.html
@@SilhouetteSchool it’s curling up after I take it off the mat
@@kristagaulin4482 They said to curl the mat instead when taking it off. like flatten it, sticker facing down then pull up the mat so it won't curl when you remove it.
Hope I fix this SOON. I'm about ready to get the cricket.
Thank you so much, this was super helpful! The only thing I'm struggling with now is figuring out which setting I should use. I make stickers but I laminate the sticker paper so I'm not sure what material I should put?
Hey there! Check out this blog post: www.silhouetteschoolblog.com/2022/02/how-to-make-waterproof-stickers-with.html
Thanks. #3 did it for me. I knew that but when I cut and there are small areas I always check to see that they didn't get pulled out. If they did, I see if they are still hanging around. If not, I clean out the inside of the blade carrier. I guess a couple tiny pieces got away from me. I use Oracal 651 and had to set the blade depth at 2 and force at 13. This new cameo 4 is awesome. I used a basic cameo (1) for many years. Now....how do I know when I need to replace the blade? I run it for about an hour a day (cutting time). With the autoblade I have cut back on adjusting time tremendously but I think my blade needs to be replaced soon. Had it about 2 weeks. How will I know for sure?
wooooow thank you you help me alot
Oh my god I just purchased this and ran through almost 2 vinyl rolls scratching and ruining it struggling for the past week and a half trying to figure out why it wouldn’t cut!!! I had it positioned right but didn’t know I had to push it in to LOCK it just tried it it actually worked design is horrible but still learning how to cut correctly lol
Thanks alot my blade is not cutting and even not changing the levels am opend the blade as per second factor its jammed with dust i cleaned properly now its working properly once again thank u so much ( i thought need to by new blade u saved my 3000/- rs)
That's great.
I have had my cameo 3 for a few years now and it seem as if the spring for tool one is getting weak, any suggestions on how or were to get it fixed? Thanks
Hi Melissa, I have Avery adhesive laminate and HTVront sticker paper. I need a depth of 7, force of 20, and speed 3 to cut through the materials, sometimes I need multiple passes! I read that depth is too much, but I cannot get it to cut through on lower depth and force. Can you please give me some advice? Thank you for your tutorial! :)
vynil htv is the same name for FLEX ??
and can you make a video for how to clean our cameo 4 ?? specialy from dust , and is there some oil we must apply it ??
First cut was perfect, but the others won't even cut thru plain cardstock. I followed all your advice so I guess now i go buy a new auto blade. I just got the cameo 4 plus and was so excited, now i dont know.
Hey there! I'd check out this troubleshooting blog post: www.silhouetteschoolblog.com/2019/11/silhouette-cameo-4-autoblade-wont-cut-5.html
AAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYEEEEE LOL my blade had tha gap🤣😂🤪😝 and I have been dealing with this for 30min!!!!!!!!! just go to a video first lol😆😁😂😊
Saaame !!!! Thank u soo much
I bought a used Portrait 3 that wasn't cutting very well, turned out there was a lot of debris inside the autoblade. I had already ordered a new autoblade. The macine didn't have the tool, but I did order one from Silhouette. I'm pondering getting a Cameo, but my printer only does up to 8.5x14, so no real need for a larger cutter.
Hi, thank you for this video. Do you know how to use a replacement auto blade that does not have the flat back? It's the only kind that Silhouette offers now and my machine doesn't seem to read it without the smart metal chip in the back of the flat version.
Hi there! The round autoblade is for the Cameo 3 and would not work in a Cameo 4. You will need a different blade. Check out this blog post for Cameo 4 compatible tools:
www.silhouetteschoolblog.com/2020/09/silhouette-cameo-4-tools-and-blades.html
i love this video. Where in design space i. an find the force to adjust de autoblade?
The Force setting is found in the Send panel.
When using the new manual 1mm blade do you change the force to a 14 as well for vinyl and htv?
Yes!
Thank you for this. I hadn't cut since the start of December because the cutting kept going off. I checked my autoblade after I watched this video, lo and behold it had cracked in 2 places. Glad I had another autoblade to replace so I could try again.
Glad it helped!
My original Cameo just bit the dust after 8 years. I'm ungrading to the bluetooth Cameo 4. I'm just here getting the lowdown on the auto blade before it arrives. Stupid question, why don't they just correct the setting in the Silhoutte software, Ugg...rhetorical question really...but, UGH. God love you for putting up with us. 🙂
I had no idea about the tool! I couldn't believe what was inside my blade! 🤭😳
Yeah sometimes there's a lot of junk in there!
I couldn't cut with my cameo 4 and then realised from your video that i had to click the carriage against the blade LOL thank you
What about little folds and crinkles on some corners? Using silhouette brand matte sticker paper. Thanks!!
Turn on segment line overcut and that should help www.silhouetteschoolblog.com/2021/11/7-no-tear-tips-to-cut-small-paper.html
Can you adjust blade height with the app silhouette go? or directly on the machine?
I believe in the new Silhouette Go App you can adjust he blade depth
Hello! Do settings vary depending whether or not you are using a mat? I've usually used the Vinyl Oracle 651 setting which I've used before but recently I've mostly been using a mat. Once I try to cut the vinyl without the mat the blade cuts all the way through and the whole vinyl starts to move and get damaged. I got a new blade because I hadn't changed it in almost 9 months but it hasn't helped. It either doesn't cut at all or it cuts all the way through. I need it to do a kiss-cut using a long roll of vinyl without a mat.
Hi @littlestar830, it would be easier to provide you the help you are requesting if you could please send an email with some additional information. Please provide as much info (including cut settings / exact material / screen grabs) as possible when emailing. My email can be found through the contact page on Silhouette School Blog www.silhouetteschoolblog.com/p/blog-page_9.html