tattered lace Crossover User manual

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Instrucon Manual
Crossover™by
Tattered Lace®

Congratulaons on owning the The Crossover™, the latest development in Die Cung and
Embossing Systems for both paper and fabric craing. The Crossover™ is the result of many
months of development with every consideraon given to Paper and Fabric Craers.
The Crossover™ is not only a sturdy, reliable and easy to use craing tool, it is also portable
and compact, yet very robust.
The Crossover™ is designed to work with the majority of dies manufactured today for the
Paper and Fabric Industries. This ingenious feature renders mulple shims obsolete! The
Crossover™, together with Linen & Lace dies, oers the opportunity to cut mulple layers
of paper, card or fabric and is the perfect machine.
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Visit www.taeredlace.co.uk or www.quiltandfabricdies.com for instruconal videos and
other helpful workshops using the Crossover™ and Linen & Lace dies.
Don’t forget to register your machine to acvate a two-year warranty for your machine.
INSTRUCTIONS
HANDLE SIDE OF THE MACHINE
With the handle on the right side of the machine facing you, the
metal handle will drop down and lock in place. To close, turn
the handle up and move the locking mechanism to release, this
will store the handle at to the side of the machine. The handle
is kept in place with a magnet.

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To ghten, move the wheel towards you. This adjuster allows you to ne tune the pressure
of the rollers. Below the thumbwheel is a slider with numbers. Numbered “0” to “18”,
the lower numbers are a general seng for thinner dies and materials, while the larger
numbers open up the rollers for thicker materials and dies. We suggest you “make friends”
with your Crossover™ and you will quickly adjust to using the thumbwheel and will
ancipate the correct sengs for your projects.
PRESSURE ADJUSTMENTS
The Crossover™ oers the unique capability to
adjust the space between the rollers, negang the
need to use shims and mulple layers of plasc to
get a good result. The adjustment “thumbwheel”
is conveniently placed between two arrows on
the centre top of the machine. If le-handed, turn
the machine around, however ensure you turn
the handle counter-clockwise when operang the
machine.
To lessen pressure, move the wheel away from you.
INSTRUCTIONS
THE CUTTING PLATFORM
The basic plaorm consists of two layers. A
thick white base and a thick clear plasc cung
plate for viewing. The Crossover™ cung plate
is almost twice as thick as smaller machines
available, and will last much longer without
“bowing”. Included in your package is a stainless
steel adapter plate for detailed die cuts or mul-
layer fabric cuts.
The gears on the Crossover™ have been sized so that the plaorm rolls through the
machine quickly. If you nd that the handle is too hard to turn, it’s likely you have set
the rollers too ghtly. Simply move the thumbwheel away from you aer removing the
plaorm. This feature was designed to avoid breaking your machine by over-shimming.
CUTTING ACTIVITY

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When the plaorm exits the rollers, you may hear a loud noise or a “clunking” sound. This
is created by the release of pressure on the die cung sandwich. This machine is capable of
creang a great deal of pressure the heavy metal components are designed for this acvity.
For most cung acvies you will need only the basic two plasc pieces. For both detailed
paper designs as well as mul-layer fabric cung, you may nd the stainless steel adapter
plate to be helpful.
CUTTING ACTIVITY
INSTRUCTIONS
SUGGESTED SETTINGS
There are numerous materials that can be die cut or embossed Use Deep Dish Die, up to
3 layers up to 6-7 on simple designs with the Crossover™ machine. The “+” symbol on the
thumbwheel closes the rollers ghter while the “-” symbol opens up the rollers. It is best
to place the sandwich between the rollers and adjust the thumbwheel unl the assembly
is ght. Remove the plaorm assembly and turn the thumbwheel ghter by one seng. If
the handle turns too easily, ghten slightly; if the handle is dicult to turn, open slightly.
Forcing the handle causes the handle to spring back if turned too hard. Open up the rollers
with a small turn to nd the correct seng.
Use of the metal adaptor plate is oponal. Generally mulple layers of paper or fabric are
cut beer with the metal adaptor plate. Simple designs in paper do not require the metal
plate. For fabric, fewer threads will hang up on fabric when the metal adaptor plate is
placed on the fabric but inside the “sandwich.”

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PAPERCRAFT SETTINGS:
White base plate, metal die or embossing folder using Deep Dish Die, up to 3 layers or up to
6-7 on simple designs, material (paper/fabric), top clear cung plate.
EMBOSSING SETTINGS:
MATERIAL SETTINGS
Etched metal embossing plates with rubber pads 5-6
Thin laser cut stencils with rubber pads 6
Plasc folders (No pads required) 12-13
INSTRUCTIONS
MATERIAL SETTINGS NOTES
THIN METAL/ DEEP DISH DIES
Cra Paper (Thin) 3
Burlap with Liner 3-5
Cork with Liner 4
Poly Felt 4
Glier Paper 4
Wool Felt 4
Cra Paper (Mul Layers) 5-6 Use Deep Dish Die, up to 3 layers or
up to 6-7 on simple designs
Chipboard 5-6
OTHER TYPES OF DIES
Thin Foam Topped Die 11-13
Thick Foam Topped Die 16-17 Face down on clear cung plate only.

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FABRIC CUTTING SETTINGS:
MATERIAL SETTINGS NOTES
Applique Dies w/ adhesive liner 3-4 Die is purple in colour - Single cuts.
Fabric Deep Dish w/ adhesive liner 3-4 Up to 3 layers.
Fold & Cut Deep Dish Dies 5Up to 2 layers with adhesive.
Single Die cuts Applique Deep Dish
Dies w/ liner
5-6 Die is silver in colour.
Geometric Deep Dish Dies 5-6 Up to 6 layers no adhesive.
Odd Shapes Deep Dish Dies 6 3-5 layers no adhesive.
Thick Wool Felt 8 No adhesive.
Go Fabric Dies 9Die is the base then fabric, adapter
plate, top clear plate.
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS:
Adjust your seng to 0-4 on the pressure scale. Turn the handle. If the plaorm has no
resistance in turning, move the thumbwheel toward you (+ for more pressure). If the
handle does not turn without signicant pressure, the plaorm is too ght and you will
need to turn the thumbwheel away from you slightly. As you become more used to the
Crossover™ you will recognise when you have the right pressure for the parcular type of
die you are using.
For detailed dies, we recommend the stainless steel metal adaptor. You may place the
adaptor plate under the die so that you can sll see the cung acvity without taking the
plaorm assembly apart. Pass the plaorm through and then back. Observe the die cung
success. If the die cut is not complete, back the plaorm out, adjust the thumbwheel and
then pass the plaorm through again.
PAPER CRAFTING
INSTRUCTIONS

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With the adjustable feature of the Crossover™, embossing folders and embossing metal
plates can be used for dierent depths of embossing or debossing. Test a strip of scrap
paper rst using a rubber embossing pad for metal plates or even an open face of a plasc
embossing folder to determine your desired eect. You have complete control over the
pressure exerted on the embossing media.
PAPER CRAFTING EMBOSSING
For most adhesive backed designs, a metal adaptor plate helps for more complicated
designs. Place the adaptor plate on top of the fabric and inside the “sandwich”. The metal
plate is stainless steel, it will get marked up but the strength of the steel gives a beer cut
and few, if any, hanging threads.
FABRIC CRAFTING
INSTRUCTIONS

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Please also refer to our online videos specic to your use.
Congratulaons on owning this advanced die cut and
embossing system!
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Crossover™ by
Tattered Lace®