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Silhouette Go app now available in Beta form

August 28, 2020 By Cindy Eckhoff 5 Comments

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For those of you who have been anxiously awaiting it, the Silhouette Go app is now available for IOs and Android users. It is still in the Beta stage. Today's post is just to give you an introductory overview of how it looks and what it does. Note: … [Read more...]

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The app is coming! The app is coming!

June 10, 2020 By Cindy Eckhoff 6 Comments

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I'm in a small group of Silhouette users who help Silhouette America test their software. We're called Beta testers. We test drive the software  before the company releases it to the general public and give feedback to the developers. We help them … [Read more...]

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Cut Doctor: Lesson 22 — Problems with incomplete cuts or at the end of the cut

March 8, 2019 By Cindy Eckhoff

Some diseases you get as a baby, some as an adult, some as a senior. Basically, you can get sick throughout your entire life. In the same way, you can run into cutting woes at any point in the process. Today, we’re going to focus on problems that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Basic Membership Tagged With: auto save, blade, bluetooth, cancel, cut, cut doctor, feed, firmware, incomplete, mat, packet size, pause, queue, recovered, usb

Cut Doctor: Lesson 19 — When your cut starts well but then the machine goes crazy

February 12, 2019 By Cindy Eckhoff

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Yes, I believe you! Sometimes it seems that your Silhouette machine is possessed. It starts great, then for some unknown reason seems to go completely crazy. It starts fine but then cuts in the wrong place, goes way too slowly, the blade doesn’t go … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Basic Membership Tagged With: blade, bluetooth, calibration, cut doctor, cut settings, machine, packet size, pauses, Print and Cut, registration marks, slow, speed, Text, usb

Help! My machine is cutting in the wrong place!

February 7, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff

UGH! It’s SO frustrating when your Cameo machine doesn’t do what you want, right? It’s such a great machine we expect it to be able to read minds. One of the most annoying things is when it’s cutting in the completely wrong place. There are several … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Basic Membership Tagged With: bluetooth, calibration, cancel, cancelling, cord, cutting in wrong place, firmware, load, loading, mat, pause, pausing, power, Print and Cut, registration marks, test cut, usb

Before you begin series #8: Opening the box and getting to know the machine (Cameo)

September 25, 2017 By Cindy Eckhoff

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It’s an exciting day! You’ve got your software and materials ready to go so it’s finally time to set up your machine. I’m going to walk you through each step of unboxing everything and getting ready to cut. What’s in the box Cords There are 2 cords … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Basic Membership Tagged With: arrows, bluetooth, Cameo, cords, crosscutter, cutting strip, firmware, lcd screen, machine, mat support, motor, packing tape, roller bar, rollers, serial number, springs, storage, tools, warranty

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