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| ====== CraftHacking: Tools for ProvoCraft’s Cricut Explore Air ======= | ====== CraftHacking: Tools for ProvoCraft’s Cricut Explore Air ======= | ||
| - | <adm abstract Old blog post> | + | {{template>util:oldblog|date=June 4, 2016}} |
| - | This article was originally published on June 4, 2016. | + | |
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| <adm tip 2022 Update: Added some new product recommendations.></adm> | <adm tip 2022 Update: Added some new product recommendations.></adm> | ||
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| **Markers and Pens** | **Markers and Pens** | ||
| - | Writing with the Cricut is pretty sweet. If you have the Cricut Explore or the Cricut Explore Air, it comes with an accessory holder that is used for the scoring tool as well as writing utensils. If you have the Cricut Explore One, you need a different accessory holder. You can also use this adapter in the blade holder on the Explore and Explore Air to do some hackier stuff (more on that later). | + | Writing with the Cricut is pretty sweet. If you have the Cricut Explore or the Cricut Explore Air, it comes with an accessory holder that is used for the scoring tool as well as writing utensils. If you have the Cricut Explore One, you need [[https://amzn.to/3DGPzfg|a different accessory holder]]. You can also use this adapter in the blade holder on the Explore and Explore Air to do some hackier stuff (more on that later). |
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| + | Cricut has designed its holder to work with its own pens, of course, but there are other options out there! I’m not going to go over everything, because [[http://withglitteringeyes.blogspot.com/p/explore-pen-options.html|this awesome blog post]](([[https://archive.ph/XLqJi]])) covers pretty much everything you might be wondering about using non-Cricut pens with the Cricut Explore and Explore Air. A few notes, though... | ||
| - | Cricut has designed its holder to work with its own pens, of course, but there are other options out there! I’m not going to go over everything, because this awesome blog post covers pretty much everything you might be wondering about using non-Cricut pens with the Cricut Explore and Explore Air. A few notes, though... | ||
| * **Pilot Precise V5 Rollerball Pens** - Pilot V5 fine-point pens click into the adapter nicely, but it appears that ProvoCraft added something to the firmware to prevent the pens from actually touching the paper if you try to use them. I found an easy workaround – for any shapes or lines you want drawn, set them to score instead in Design Space. This will lower the accessory adapter just far enough for the pen to write reliably on your material. Pilot even makes an assortment of twelve different colors with [[https://amzn.to/3R0ACrx|this pack]]! | * **Pilot Precise V5 Rollerball Pens** - Pilot V5 fine-point pens click into the adapter nicely, but it appears that ProvoCraft added something to the firmware to prevent the pens from actually touching the paper if you try to use them. I found an easy workaround – for any shapes or lines you want drawn, set them to score instead in Design Space. This will lower the accessory adapter just far enough for the pen to write reliably on your material. Pilot even makes an assortment of twelve different colors with [[https://amzn.to/3R0ACrx|this pack]]! | ||
| * **Crayola Fine-Point Markers** - I’ve found that using a dime and a nickel stacked gives the perfect shim for [[https://amzn.to/3xENH2H|these markers]] (and anything else that doesn’t snap into place) so that the height is just right. | * **Crayola Fine-Point Markers** - I’ve found that using a dime and a nickel stacked gives the perfect shim for [[https://amzn.to/3xENH2H|these markers]] (and anything else that doesn’t snap into place) so that the height is just right. | ||
