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Cricut Maker 3
Sharps Hazard
This equipment has a sharp blade. Please take care, and keep hands away when the machine is running. Please dispose of used blades in the sharps bin.Signing In
If you do not want to create a Design Space account, you can use the general Bristol Hackspace account, details for which can be found on the back of the machine.Machine Overview
Machine Mats
Machine mats have an adhesive area with just the right grip to hold your material in place during cutting, then allow you to easily remove it when finished.
- Standard Grip (Green)
- Ideal for use with cardstock, patterned paper, embossed cardstock, iron-on, vinyl, and more.
- Light Grip (Blue)
- Ideal for use with common office paper, light cardstock, vellum, and more.
- Strong Grip (Purple)
- Perfect for securing heavyweight materials such as specialty cardstock, glitter cardstock, chipboard, and fabric with stiffener.
- Fabric Grip (Pink) - Please note! We do not currently stock the pink fabric grip mat.
- Combines increased strength, density, and quality plus a light adhesive to create beautiful cuts with a wide variety of fabrics. Use with Cricut machines and Rotary Blade or Bonded-Fabric Blade.
Machine Tools
- Premium Fine-Point blade + housing (pictured below) to cut a wide variety of materials, recommended for use with paper, cardstock, poster board, vinyl, iron-on, and other thin to medium weight materials.
- Deep-point blade (pictured below) makes it easy to perform intricate cuts on a wider variety of materials for your projects. The Deep point blade has a steeper blade angle (60 degrees vs 45 degrees for the other fine point blades) and harder, more durable steel. Recommended for intricate cuts on thicker materials, such as magnet, chipboard, stamp material, thick cardstock, stiffened felt, foam sheets, cardboard, and some fabrics.
- Deep-Point blades are black in color
- Must be used with the Deep-Point Blade Housing
Blade Housing
Deep-Point blades should be used only in Deep-Point blade housings, and Premium Fine-Point blades should be used only in the Premium Fine-Point blade housing.- Foil Transfer Tool (pictured below) is used with Foil Transfer Sheets to add a foil effect to projects on a variety of materials. It comes with 3 interchangeable tips – fine, medium, and bold – all suitable for projects ranging from simple outlines to intricate designs.
Instructions
Basic Guidelines
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