How To Cut Acrylic Sheet With Cricut

Choose your size adding 1 2 to slip down into the grove in the light and begin slicing.

How to cut acrylic sheet with cricut.

Place the small circle on top of the larger one in about the place you want the hole. You can simply lift the end of the cricut mat closest to you up to ensure the mat and acrylic. As the machine is cutting here is where the babysitting comes in you ll need to watch it cut and ensure that the front edge of the acrylic sheet doesn t lift up off the mat and butt into the housings this will jam your cricut machine. Most acrylic sheets come with a protective coating on both sides.

I leave this coating on while i cut. Can the cricut maker cut acrylic. Make another circle and resize to 25 inches. Cutting acrylic with the cricut maker video.

Place the piece of acrylic on a self healing cutting mat and line your piece up with the grid. Pull the blade towards you along the line. Using your ruler as a guide run a plastic scoring blade along the cutting line trying to make one continuous line with gentle even pressure. Select both just drag your mouse over them both at the same time go to align and select align horizontally.

Acrylic blank i m using a four inch circle blank that already has a hole punched in it look for 1 16 inch thick here or sheets here engraving tip learn more about your engraving tip here knife blade if you want to cut the acrylic learn more about the knife blade here. The knife blade for the maker is the recommended way to cut acrylic the deep cut blade on the air 2 will also cut acrylic but you will need to make sure the thickness of your acrylic is 1 mm or less. Place the straight edge ruler where you want to cut and begin slicing holding the ruler steady as you do. Score the line in the acrylic with a plastic scoring blade.

That means the cricut will outline each letter four times. There are many places you can purchase acrylic sheets and you will need to find a place near you that has them for sale. Make a circle and resize to 3 inches.