
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date of writing on this page because so much that has been written on this and related topics is desperately out of date (or was wrong in the first place).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.
