tattered lace Crossover User manual

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Instrucon Manual
Crossover™by
Tattered Lace®

Congratulaons on your purchase of the Crossover™, the latest revoluonary die cung
and embossing machine that can be used for papercra, quilng, general sewing and so
much more. The Crossover™ is a result of months of development with features, such as
the adjustable pressure system that allow you to provide awless cuts with a whole range
of materials.
The Crossover™ is a sturdy, reliable and easy to use tool. It is easy to store and can be
transported, yet very robust in its design. Don’t forget to register your machine to acvate
your two year warranty (see warranty card included).
The Crossover™ is compable with most exisng paper and fabric die brands. When used
alongside Linen and Lace deep dish dies, the machine gives you the opportunity to cut
mulple layers, depending on thickness, to make die cung quicker and easier than ever.
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Crossover™ and Linen and Lace dies.
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INSTRUCTIONS
STORAGE
The Crossover™ is easy to store and can be transported using
the carry handles. Simply remove the cung plates and fold the
sides into the centre. The handle can be folder up to the side
of the machine with the aid of a built in magnet. To release the
handle, it will drop down and lock into place.

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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, elimina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 adaptor plate for detailed die cuts or mul-
layer fabric cuts.
Use the thick white plaorm as the base plate then place your choice of die on top with
the blade facing up. Remember that you can add mulple dies to the plate to make cung
even quicker. Posion your appropriate layers of material over the die and depending on
whether you require extra pressure for detailed designs, place the stainless steel adaptor
plate over the top. Finish with the clear top plate and adjust the machine rollers accordingly
before cung. To emboss, use the same plate conguraon and place the embossing folder
on the base plate with the material in between.
CUTTING ACTIVITY

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INSTRUCTIONS
SUGGESTED SETTINGS
A wide number of materials can be used with Deep Dish Dies, some of which can cut
several layers depending on the thickness. The ‘+’ symbol on the thumbwheel will posion
the rollers closer together, where the ‘-’ symbol will move them further apart. It is always
best to experiment with your plaorm pressure by selecng a number, layering up the
plaorm as instructed and feeding through the machine. If the handle is proving dicult to
turn, remove the plates and adjust the rollers slightly then try again. It is important not to
force the handle as it will cause the plates to spring back when pushed too hard.
The stainless steel adaptor plate is oponal and can be used to make cung mulple layers
more eecve as it will ensure a cleaner cut through the fabric threads. It is also ideal for
intricate die designs. Simple designs in thin materials such as paper do not require this
metal plate.

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GENERAL SETTINGS: (Dependant on weight and texture.)
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 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
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, adaptor
plate, top clear plate.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
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 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.
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.
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
INSTRUCTIONS

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INSPIRATION

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INSPIRATION

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INSPIRATION

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TOP TIPS
• To ensure the Crossover™ performs at its best, place on a at, solid surface.
• When using mulple dies with the Crossover™ in one go, ensure that you are using dies
that are all the same depth. This will ensure that any of the regular blades will sll have
enough pressure applied to that area, the roller depth can be be made bigger for deep dish
dies.
• If you are working on a mixed media project, try cung dierent materials in one go
to save me. As long as your materials combined are not thicker than the recommended
thickness and the sengs are correct, you can mix paper, card, fabric and more to make die
cung even quicker.
• Always ensure when cung thicker materials such as foam, that they are set back from
the edge of the cung plates before feeding through the machine. The chamfered edge
of the base plate will help feed it through but the space will provide extra leverage so the
plates do not sck.
• The large Crossover™ plates can accomodate a number of dies. When working on
projects in large quanes, such as invitaons, why not purchase more than one die of the
same design to make producing the die cut even quicker.
• To prevent waste on large sheets of paper, card and fabric, posion your die on the base
plate and add your choice of material to the top in its enrety, ensuring that it is in the top
corner as close to the edge as possible. This saves cung pieces o and is great if you are
trying to paern match a design, simply move the die along and carry on.
• The Crossover™ is a robust and sturdy machine which makes it unlikely to slide around
while in moon. However, to prevent any dies moving on the base plate, use low tack tape
or a magnec sheet to hold the dies in place while cung.
• If you are having trouble cung intricate designs, a Hotspot Helper is the perfect
soluon to adding a lile extra pressure required to the centre of your base plate. They are
readily available to purchase and are aached to the Crossover™ cung plate to make dies
cut with an even crisper nish.

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