The Cricut knife blade has been a disappointment

cricut knife blade cutting chipboard

So far, the Cricut knife blade has been a disappointment.  As I mentioned in my last post, I was taking my template idea back to the drawing board.  Maybe I started with way too intricate of a design.  Let’s start over with a random polka dot design.

cricut knife blade cutting chipboard

I loaded my polka dot SVG into the software and pushed start.   Right away it started the same stabbing motion and slowly started stabbing out my circles.  So far what i’m noticing is that it’ll cut lines and slight curves with relative ease.  Which, makes sense when you’re sliding a flat knife through a rigid material.  Some turns will not be possible.  I was hoping that it could at least cut a nice circle though or at least cut the first few layers quickly until it gets deeper into the material.

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