How to Use the Silhouette Cameo 3 Blade Chuck Tool

How to Use the Silhouette Cameo 3 Blade Chuck Tool

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If you just got a Silhouette Cameo 3, you’re probably wondering what the small, white, plastic piece does.  Let me tell you allll about it…


The Silhouette Cameo 3 Blade Chuck and how to remove the Bluetooth dongle.

Each Cameo 3 comes with a baggie which contains the self adjusting blade, a cross cutter and then this little white plastic piece with holes in it.  What is it? Silhouette does not have an official name for it, but it has a few uses and one is to adjust the blades, so I am calling it the blade chuck.  Let’s take a closer look at it’s uses.

The blade chuck can reset the self adjusting blade to zero. The smoother of the two holes will fit the self adjusting blade.  Just press down and you’ll reset the blade:

blade chuck self adjusting blade

It can also be used to adjust a ratchet blade (which does not come stock with the machine) by using the second hole with the nubs.  Place the chuck over the top of the blade (line up the arrow) and then twist to the desired blade depth:

blade chuck ratchet blade

Finally the teeth at the bottom of the tool are to remove the Bluetooth dongle from the Cameo 3.  Each Cameo 3 machine (US) comes with built in Bluetooth.  To find the dongle, you’ll need to flip your machine over at take a look at the bottom:

bluetooth cameo 3

Before removing your dongle, make sure you TURN YOUR MACHINE OFF.  Once the machine is turned off, you can remove the small screw with a Phillips screw driver:

how to remove bluetooth from cameo3

After removing the screw, you’ll see the dongle inside the machine:

It’s not impossible to remove the dongle without the chuck, but it makes it a lot easier to get it out of there.  Just slide the chuck teeth first between the dongle and the machine:

bluetooth dongle removal silhouette cameo 3

and use the chuck to gently work the dongle out:

bluetooth dongle

Why would you want to remove the Bluetooth dongle from your machine? 

Just in case it stops working.  Silhouette will have replacement pieces and they say that it’s unlikely that it will stop working or that you’ll ever need to remove the dongle, but just in case!

To keep from losing your tool, utilize the pull out drawer in front of your machine. It’s large enough to hold both the cross cutter and the blade chuck.  If you lose it (gasp!), no worries!  You can still adjust your blade with the built in blade adjuster on the deck of your machine (it works for both the self adjusting blade and the ratchet blade):

self_adjust_holes

Removing the dongle will be a little more difficult without the chuck, but you should be able to use a flat screwdriver to gently work the dongle out, if needed.

where to find the bluetooth on your silhouette cameo 3 and how to take it out

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4 comments

Wanted to answer the questions above as I lost mine too and contacted Silhouette. They don’t sell them. They were kind enough to take my mailing information and have sent one to me. I just did an online chat with them.

Cindy Margosian

Where can i buy one mine is lost

YAkandra

Hello
I lost my blade chuck, where i could get one? If i buy another blade it’s possible that comes another one?.
Thanks in advance

Maria

We lost our blade chuck. Where can we get a replacement? Thanks

Brenda Dietrich

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