Silhouette Cameo 3 Machine Not Seeing My Whole Cutting Mat

I have a cameo 1 as well but use my cameo 3 without the mat as the rollers are easier to move.

Silhouette cameo 3 machine not seeing my whole cutting mat.

I waited some more while trying to fix the problem myself to no avail and finally i came to this site and happened upon your sage advice and my wonderful cameo 3 is again cutting like a dream. Lift your silhouette s lid to make sure any tape that is connecting the motor to the side of the unit has been removed. Thank you so much for posting this including and especially the solution. However the rollers are a bit different.

I called and waited on the 1 800 number until they offered to call me back. I was so far off. Thanks again for sharing. The same goes for the portrait 2 autoblade.

I was frantic over the whole paused cameo 3. I was then cutting like a crazy quilt and making a horrible grinding noise. The mat should be lined up with the gray line on the bottom part of the cameo not pushed all the way up against the gray cylinder. One of the most common issues from silhouette cameo beginners is that their cameo 3 autoblade is cutting through the vinyl or other material and the backing.

Yes all of the silhouette cameo machines portrait machines can cut without a mat. If your silhouette makes noise while cutting it is probably normal. You may have to work on moving the rollers on a cameo 1. They can be a bit tricky.

I have worked on this problem for a few days and posted a thread yesterday called cutting top of mat silhouette cameo 3 i received numerous helpful questions and suggestions but the cure was following the suggested solution above. In most cases there are two quick fixes that will fix the issue and get you cutting successfully in a hurry. Silhouette machine my silhouette machine is so loud. My silhouette cameo went wonky when it hit a half sheet of paper on the mat.

But when in need to cut stuff with the mat and need it to cut my stickers it just cuts so off. I was so far off. I checked a lot of tutorials and i placed the mat the same way three times. If you are using letter size cardstock on the cameo and not the full 12 12 mat you need to move the plastic roller on the right in to the notches towards the middle so that.