What cutting settings do you use in the Silhouette software?

[MustangManiac 0]

Hi guys,

 

What settings do you guys use in the Silhouette software when making a masking set? I've gor the Oramask 810 for material and a Silhouette Portrait 2 and I've used glossy vinyl setting for my material and a depth of 1 and a pressure of 1 with a single pass cut and it still cuts through the backing paper and you have to peel every individual piece of a masking set one by one because of this. What settings do you guys use for Oramask 810 to cut the vinyl but not all the way through the backing paper?

 

Thanks,

Brady

[Kevin Futter 132]

Welcome aboard, Brady!

 

 

I use a built-in preset in the Silhouette Studio software called "Vinyl, Silhouette Oracal 651":

 

 

Even though the name of the material in the preset is different to what we're using, I've found that it still works perfectly.

 

Kev

[Mozart 119]

When you take your blade out of the holder, is it really set at 1? Check that first, it sounds to me like too much blade is showing if it’s cutting that deeply on the figures you’ve quoted. 

[MustangManiac 0]

11 hours ago, Mozart said:

When you take your blade out of the holder, is it really set at 1? Check that first, it sounds to me like too much blade is showing if it’s cutting that deeply on the figures you’ve quoted. 

I know how to take the blade out but do I need to look at anything other than the indicator on the side of the tool?

[Mozart 119]

13 hours ago, MustangManiac said:

I know how to take the blade out but do I need to look at anything other than the indicator on the side of the tool?

No, just the indicator though I always lightly run my finger across the end just to gauge how much blade is sticking out.....be careful!