Cutting force is still lagging but its flexibility the sheer scope of materials you can work with and the ease of use tied to silhouette s gigantic user community make the cameo 3 a formidable craft cutter.
What kind of vinyl does the cameo 3 use.
For the siser easyweed used in this tutorial siser s recommended settings are.
The silhouette cameo portrait and curio can work with a lot of different types of images and different file types but the steps for working with each one are a little different.
Oracal 631 this strength of vinyl is common for indoor use.
The cut settings for htv depend on your machine and what type of heat transfer vinyl.
Like before after the cut is complete select unload on the machine s touch screen.
This vinyl is known as short term up to 3 years.
Heat transfer smooth.
If you re using a different type of vinyl just select it here.
It does not slide into the housing compartment very easily so make sure you check out this silhouette school tutorial and demo on how to use the cb09 blade with silhouette cameo.
Heat transfer vinyl htv has a heat.
For the silhouette cameo use the heat transfer material with the appropriate finish smooth flocked metallic etc.
A raft of incremental improvements in the cameo 3 and some key additions make it a valuable upgrade over the cameo 2.
I personally use a silhouette cameo 3 and love it but you can cut craft vinyl with great results with lots of different machines.
There are two main types of vinyl.
Hit send at the bottom to cut out the design.
Between the numbers the finishes and the adhesive types it can be super confusing and overwhelming to figure out the best type of vinyl for your silhouette cameo projects.
This vinyl does not do well if it gets wet.
I wrote this post to help explain the different file types you can use with the silhouette studio software and to share some tips and tricks for working with each one.
The cb09 is very different from the silhouette brand blades in that it needs to be assembled and the actual blade can be switched out and replaced.
One of the nicer features of the cameo 3 is the ability to use it without having to plug it into a computer.
You can remove this vinyl if issues arise fairly easily.
This vinyl is safe for painted surfaces and will stick to decor nicely.