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date of writing on this page because so much that has been written on this and related topics is desperately out of date (or was wrong in the first place).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