This will work with SCAL4 or 5 for Windows and SCAL4 or SCAL5 for Mac. In fact, I got it working fine for me on three separate Windows 10 computers.Īlso, once it was installed, SCAL wrote happily to a Create, an Expression (1) and a Cake with no other tweaks, just by me swapping the things in and out. The CraftEdge people, who make SCAL, and the ProvoCraft people, who make Cricuts, are aware that it exists though.Īs far as I can tell, hundreds of people have already tried this, most of them with success. Neither Cricut nor SCAL Officially Endorse This Workaround. svg files you create or use), in case Design Space goes away in the future. Yes, it's clunky, but it works, and the SCAL software has features Design Speace doesn't have.Īs a Cricut owner who has seen two major software packages for the things discontinued, I will also caution you to save ALL of your files on your hard drive (including any. svg and import them into Cricut Design Space. Using SCAL with Modern Cricuts - If you have an Explore, Maker, or Joy and want to use SCAL 4 or 5, you will have to save your SCAL files as. They were designed specifically to be impervious to hacking. This will NOT work with Expression 2, Mini, or Imagine. We will not answer questions about Design Studio either, other than what is in our ' Legacy Cricut FAQ' or ' Graphic Software for Craftcutters' articles. That's technically illegal, and we've angered the Cricut gods enough already. We Do Not Host Any of the Files In Question At this Time - Before you ask, we do not host a downloadable version of Design Studio for you to use, or any of the files we mention. Cricut Cake Mini (CCM001) - Firmware version 1.51-1.54.

Cricut Cake - (CCA001) Firmware version 2.3x.

Cricut Expression (CRX001) - Firmware version 2.3x.

Cricut Create (CRV002) - Firmware version 1.51-1.54.

Cricut Personal Cutter (CRV001) - Firmware version 1.1 or 1.3x.

If your Cricut has an older version, you should probably track down an installable version of Cricut Design Studio and use it to update your firmware. The Firmware versions listed below also seem to work, though it's possible that other versions will work as well. This will only work with the following Cricuts. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, get the friend who helped you install SCAL2 to do everything on this page.

Otherwise, your working copy of SCAL2 will disable itself, and you'll have to install SCAL2 again. To install SCAL5 and the add-on, you'll need to 'unhack' your 'hosts' file and 'rehack' it again before you use SCAL2 again. A: we don't have the technical knowledge to go beyond what is listed on this page or on the ' Using Sure-Cuts-A-Lot With Legacy Cricuts page.īefore you try this, make certain you have the setup files you used to install SCAL2 handy, in case you need to reinstall it again later.Īlso, when you installed SCAL2, you almost certainly hacked your 'hosts' file. Though we recommend one specific solution listed on this page, we do not support it ourselves, or host the files it needs. This page is provided for information purposes only. You may have already seen these notes in other articles on my site, but a lot of folks get here just by Googling key words, so I am including them here as well. It is intended to be a replacement for the 'hinky' solution of using bootleg copies of SCAL2 that has become legendary among folks trying to keep their old cutters running in spite of Cricut discontinuing the software for them twice.īefore I list the actual posting, I will list a few other details to put in context. The point of the original posting was to share a method for driving certain obsolete Cricuts directly from supported, legally purchased copies of Sure-Cuts-A-Lot 4 or 5. The poster was only known as 'bluegrass' and that person only made one other post. The directions and links posted here were originally posted on a bulletin board for Sure-Cuts-A-Lot (SCAL) users here: This way, if I don't keep these articles updated and you come back five years from now, you'll know that they may not be current anymore. I'm putting an approximate date of writing on this page because so much that has been written on this and related topics is desperately out of date (or was wrong in the first place). It is a supplement to our articles ' Using Sure-Cuts-A-Lot With Legacy Cricuts' and ' Legacy Cricut Frequently Asked Questions.' This article describes one popular set of directions for using SCAL4 or SCAL5 to drive first-generation Cricuts directly.

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