It can cut materials such as paper, vinyl and, with the right cutting blades, some cricut machines can also cut balsa wood, fabric, leather and cork. A Cricut is an intelligent electronic cutting machine. It’s like a mix between a craft plotter and a laser cutter (but with a knife). While the brand covers several products, including heat presses and stampers, the word Cricut has become synonymous with die-cutting machines.
When you have Cricut Access and depending on your plan you have, you can select fonts, graphics, unique 3D projects and, if you can think about it, they have it. The cutting force of the Cricut Explore Air 2 is 400 grams, and the Cricut Maker has a cutting force of 4000 grams. You can connect a Cricut to your computer wirelessly via Bluetooth, create or download designs onto your computer, and then send them to your Cricut for cutting. Design Space and the Cricut machine itself are designed to be very easy to use, and you don’t need a lot of graphic design experience to use them (though it does help if you want to create your own designs from scratch).
The Cricut Explore machine offers the ability to cut a shape and use the pen at the same time thanks to the double tool holder. The Cricut is a great machine for people who love to make crafts and for people who need to cut many things and different types of materials. There is also a sewing kit that is still on my shopping list because I can’t wait to do fabric projects with my Cricut. You type in a URL and the guide shows you how to connect your Cricut to your device via USB or Bluetooth, and how to set up Design Space.
DIFFERENCE 1 — The most significant difference between Cricut Maker and Cricut Explore Air 2 (the latest models for Cricut machines) is cutting power. If you want to use your machine without the Internet, you must download the Cricut Design Space application. The Cricut Cuttlebug is a different type of manual die cutting machine and has also been discontinued. While the principles are the same for all cutting machines, I personally think that my new Cricut Explore Air 2 has some exceptional features that I want to highlight in this post.
Because the Cricut Maker allows you to use a special blade that was designed to handle stretching and a rug that is specially designed to hold the fabric. I think you’ll appreciate how fast and quiet the Cricut machine can cut even the most complex designs. The Explore series of Cricut machines allows you to access a huge digital library of “cartridges” instead of using physical cartridges, as I did in college.