Cricut Listened To The Community, Is Abandoning Unfair Limitations
A letter from the CEO outlines how Cricut will not be moving forward with their plans for a paid membership structure limiting use.
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Cricut CEO Responds To Controversial Update
Update 3/18: Cricut has made another statement, completely abandoning the limitations Over the weekend, the maker community had many things to say about an update from Cricut that limited the number of jobs your machine could run if you weren’t a paying member of their online service. The community was very outspoken, expressing feelings that […]
Cricut’s Unfair Lockdown
With their latest update, you have to pay to use more than 20 files per month. Here’s what’s up, and some alternative machines to look at.
How-To: Heat Transfer Vinyl Mug
Impress your friends with this DIY mug design. Cat lovers will approve. Or try your own design.
Product Review: Cricut Mini
I missed the original Cricut insanity a few years back when the original model debuted. My friends went NUTS for it, raving about what a great addition it was to their crafty tool supply. On Black Friday, I watched as shoppers knocked each other down trying to pick up sale-priced cartridges. But no Cricut craziness […]
Solder Stencils via Electronic Craft Cutter
Spotted in the MAKE Flickr pool, some interesting process shots from user Shigeru Kanemoto, who’s used a Craft ROBO brand paper-cutting robot to prepare a stencil for applying solder paste to a PCB in preparation for SMT assembly. Uppermost, the stencil freshly cut; immediately above, solder paste applied. Cool idea, with a few more shots in Shigeru-san’s photostream.
How-To: Cut Polymer Clay with an Electronic Cutter
Jenny from Craft Test Dummies is always coming up with new and creative uses for any craft product that she gets her hands on. Case in point, her How to Cut Polymer Clay with the Cricut tutorial takes electronic cutters out of the realm of paper craft, and shows just how versatile they can be […]
