I read on the Accuquilt Group Facebook page that the dies that have a lot of corners, the blades may be off just a smidge causing the skips. It's the nature of the beast. The consensus is the 2 1/2 square die will be discontinued for that reason. I found if I roll the die back before it goes all the way through and back again it will usually cut all the way. THis is the only die I have had a lot of trouble with but I like using it to make mini charm packs.