Cricut Explore Air 2 Balsa Wood

The cricut maker vs the cricut explore air 2 vs the cricut joy.

Cricut explore air 2 balsa wood.

Cricut has several different cutting machines that are available for purchase. Now available in an array of stunning hues and value packed bundles. The most popular amongst them are the cricut maker the explore air 2 and the joy. Cricut maker has 10x the cutting power.

The cricut maker is the machine for you if you d like to cut balsa wood or even other thicker materials like leather or even chipboard too. Cricut explore air 1 or 2 or cricut maker. Balsa wood can only be cut using the knife blade and the maker with which the knife blade and housing work exclusively. You absolutely can cut wood veneer using both the maker and the explore air 2 machines see cricut s guide here but you cannot cut thicker wood pieces like balsa wood.

I did not unload the cutting mat for each re run. I wasn t planning on cutting basswood until i stumbled into it when i had gone back to the store to get more balsawood. We had to jiggle the cut out a little bit as if we were working with perforated paper. Unfortunately the explore air 2 cannot cut thicker materials like balsa wood because it cannot use the knife blade shown in the blog post.

Both of these cricut machines are fantastic. The cricut explore air didn t completely cut through the balsa wood after a single pass cut. Because i was being part lazy part crazy i decided to load the entire 36 in piece of balsa wood onto my cricut explore air. Cricut maker can cut hundreds of materials from delicate papers and fabrics to denser materials like leather chipboard balsa wood and more.

The good news is we discovered that the cricut explore air can write on balsa wood without any bleeding. Reach for cricut explore air 2 or cricut maker when you need to cut anything wider than 4 25 inches up to 12 inches. Cricut explore air 2.