You are new to the Cricut and might have recently bought a Cricut Maker machine. So, you are trying to understand the types and features of the Cricut Maker blades. Which machine tools, blades, and housing can your machine hold? Further, are you still figuring out the materials to use for which blades? If that is the case, this blog is definitely for you, as the blog will explain the different blades and specific materials to use. In addition, you need to understand which of these blades meets your craft project. Let us learn everything about the Maker blades and their key features.
1. Rotary Blade
The Cricut Maker Rotary Blade, out of all the Cricut Maker blades, is designed to bring endless customizations, depending on your creativity. Further, the Rotary Blade brings precision fabric cutting to the world of home sewing crafts for the first time. Its unique design helps it to glide and roll with ease.
Additionally, the glide and rolling action of the Blade make it able to cut any fabric material quickly and accurately without needing any backer material. It is only used with its housing, i.e., Rotary Blade drives housing. Let us see what it can do.
- First, the Rotary Blade is recommended for fabrics and other softer materials if you use delicate or less-density materials like tissue paper and cork.
- Second, the recommended image size for using the Cricut Maker Rotary Blade is ¾ of an inch or even larger than this. Why not smaller images? It is because smaller images may result in scrapping of the Blade as it tries to make smaller turns. Additionally, smaller turns may also leave gouges on the mat.
- And only the Fabric Grip mat should be used when the Maker machine cuts with Rotary Blade due to its more robust and denser material, which can withstand the high pressures of the rotary cutting process.
- Next, this tool comes with a drive housing.
- Further, it has a plastic cover over the gear at the top of the housing. A recommendation is to use the cover to prevent the gear from getting caught by hair or other material during cutting.
2. Knife Blade
The Cricut Maker Knife Blade is another important blade among the Cricut Maker blades. The Knife-Blade comes with extra-deep that can slice through denser materials having a thickness. Further, it can cut thicker materials with ease and safely. It is an ideal blade for cutting with moderate details. Let us see what it can do.
- This Cricut Maker Blade is recommended to use with materials like balsa wood, matboard, and other thicker materials.
- Further, to avoid the track marks on your materials, you need to move the star wheels present on the roller bar.
- Also, the drive housing, which is present around the gear, is at the top of the housing if you want this Maker blade to remain in place during cutting to prevent any hair or other materials from getting caught in the gears.
3. Scoring Wheel and Double Scoring Wheel
The Scoring Wheel blade is specially designed for Cricut Maker machines. This Cricut Maker Blade is designed to hold up to 10x more pressure than the Scoring Stylus. The two tools, i.e., Scoring Wheel and Double Scoring Wheels, create crisp creases in thick and thin materials. Also, it creates perfect and effortless folds. Let us see what it can do.
- The Scoring Wheel Blade is designed to make deep, single score lines- perfect for uncoated, light materials. Further, this Cricut Maker Blade can cut crepe papers, light cardstock, and acetate.
- The Double Scoring Wheel helps make two deep, parallel score lines. This tool is what you want if you use coated or heavier materials such as poster board and cardboard.
- These tools come with Quick Swap Housing. The housing helps in easy changing of tips.
- Further, the housing is essential if you want to avoid cut material getting caught between the gears.
4. Fine Point Blades
The Cricut Maker Fine Point Blades are a type of Cricut Maker blades manufactured with high-quality German carbide steel. The German carbide steel provides durability and precision for the Fine Point Blades. There are three times of Fine Point Cricut Maker Blade:
● Premium Fine Point
● Deep Point
● Bonded Fabric.
Additionally, these tools are individually color-coded so that you know which Blade you have picked up. Gold/Silver color for Premium Fine Point, Black and Pink for Deep Point, and Bonded Fabric, respectively.
The Premium Fine-Point Blade is used to cut the designs with intricate cuts. These tools support a variety of thin to medium-weight materials. This Blade can be used with all Maker and Explore machines.
Next, The Deep Point Blade can cut intricate shapes for a broader range of materials. The Blade's steeper angle is about 60 degrees which is a bit more when compared to other Fine point blade angles (45 degrees.) The Deep Point Blade is harder. Also, the quality of steel makes it durable.
Lastly, the Bonded-Fabric Blade is a unique tool among all the Cricut Maker blades. It is unique because it has all the functions of a Premium Fine-Point blade. The Pink Color of the tool matches the Fabric Grip mat, so you know which tool to use for bonded fabrics.
Conclusion
To sum up, the Cricut Maker blades are designed to cut various materials. Cricut's range of blades includes Rotary Blades, Knife Blade, Quick Swap tools, and three types of Fine-Point Blades. All these blades are designed keeping the crafters' needs in mind as they deliver high precision and accurate cuttings. This blog will give you enough information about the Blades for Cricut Maker machine to know which Blade to use for what kind of material.
FAQs
What Blades come with the Cricut Maker?
The Circuit Maker machine comes with a Rotary blade and Premium Fine-Point Blade. These two blades have their housing, and the Premium Fine-Point Blade is pre-installed in the B clamp. If you want to use other Cricut Blades, you may need to buy according to your project needs.
What are the common materials that Rotary Blade can cut?
The Cricut Maker Rotary blade can cut a wide range of commonly used materials in the fashion industry. The materials include Cotton, Canvas, Denim, Flannel, Felt, Jersey, Linen, Silk, and Suede. If you want to use this Blade, then you need to place the material on the pink Fabric Grip mat.
How do I replace my Cricut Maker blade?
The steps to follow if you want to change the Blade are as follows.
- First, open Clamp B and remove the blade housing from the Cricut machine.
- You need to push the pin present at the top of the housing.
- Next, carefully you have to pull out the old Blade.
- Next, you need to remove the protective cover of the new Blade.
- Later, you need to install the new Blade into the housing.
- Here the magnet in the housing will hold the new Blade in its place.
- Finally, you need to replace the blade housing to Clam B and close it.
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