Can I Cut Template Plastic With The Scan N Cut

One of the best things about the Brother Scan n Cut (at to the lowest degree in my opinion) is that you lot can cut out stencils with it. In the past, we had been using cardstock to cut out our stencils simply every bit you can imagine, the cardboard doesn't last very long after you've sprayed it a few times with ink sprays and painted it over with acrylics and various other mediums.

We accept been wanting to test it using stencil plastic for ages only the simply stencil plastic we had on hand was a thick stencil plastic that we knew the Blood brother ScanNCut would have trouble getting through. So when we found some thinner acetate at one of our local craft stores we couldn't wait to become habitation and give it a try.

We were amazed to find that it worked perfectly but we also wanted to try some Mylar.

Now Mylar comes in a range of thicknesses. We already use a actually thin Mylar which is similar cellophane for our motorcar embroidery but the Mylar we ordered to effort out on the Brother Scan n Cut is a lot thicker and sturdier than that.

Note:

Since nosotros didn't know what thickness would actually work we ordered both a 4mils (100 Microns) and a 5mils (127 microns) version. The thickness of Mylar plastic is expressed in 1000th of an inch and although it is called 'mils' it does not equate to millimeters.

Well, nosotros were pretty happy with the result as both thicknesses worked beautifully.

Watch the video tutorial below

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Notation:

We used a cutting blade size of 4, blade pressure of 0 and cut speed of iii for both the Acetate and the Mylar.

Nosotros as well used a standard mat.

Start with those settings and do a test cut to check that the mylar cuts cleanly for you.

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Where Can Yous Buy Stencil Plastic!

Nosotros purchased our Mylar stencil sheets in Australia from world wide web.youstencil.com.au , yous tin can also purchase Mylar sheets from the Sticker Stop.
For those in the U.s., Mylar stencil sheets are readily available from Amazon.com