What happens if you set the Blade Offset to 0 when cutting? Or what if it’s set too high?
Refer to Section 2.06 for setting the Blade Offset.
Keep the Cutting Mat Clean and Sticky
Press your materials evenly to the mat. Think about using a brayer both before AND after cutting.
Repressing the material after cutting can greatly aid in weeding the cut shapes from the waste.
When necessary, tape thicker materials to the mat to keep them from slipping during the cut.
If you cut a range of materials, you might need more than one mat so that you can use stickier mats for
certain materials.
Don’t Get Frustrated, Get Help!
Besides having your own Zing dealer as your first line of contact, there are user forums, message boards,
and Yahoo groups where you can post questions and get answers from other users, dealers, and Make-
The-Cut experts. Utilize these resources:
Zing Yahoo Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KNK_Zing/
Klic-N-Kut Yahoo Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Klic-N-Kut/
Make-The-Cut Yahoo Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/makethecut/
2.02 Cut With Klic-N-Kut Zing
Before accessing the Zing cutting window, you need to have at least one shape on the current page to cut. If
you have no shapes, then attempting to access the cutting window will result in a popup message stating,
“There is nothing inside the current project to cut!”
To confirm what will cut, you can access the Cut Preview function in the following ways:
Click on the Cut Preview icon on the File Toolbar
Press Ctrl+Shift+E
Go to Cut Project With…>Cut Preview.
The cut preview will display the shapes that will be cut. Immediately invoking the function again will show
the “material” with the cut shapes removed. This is also sometimes called the negative:
Imagine a line
passing through
the center of the
test pen or
blade
The Offset is the distance
between the center of the
blade holder and the tip of the
blade.
Offset is too low:
paths do not close
Offset is too low:
outer corners are rounded
Offset is too high: Divots will
appear around corners
There is no
Offset on a
pen.
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