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<blockquote data-quote="Joseph Bautsch" data-source="post: 13002" data-attributes="member: 654"><p>Bill, these mat cutters work fine, in all sizes. Like anything else it has a little learning curve to it, but not hard to pick up. The most critical thing I learned at the workshop was to keep the point of the cutting blade at the correct depth for the thickness of the mat. Otherwise you can get either an over cut or under cut at the corners. The other thing was to always use a piece of backer board under the mat for beveled cutting. Otherwise you can get ragged or torn edges. There is a groove in the base that is used with the straight cutting tool but not used for the beveled cuts. The third issue is to always use a sharp blade. Dull blades tend to flex or wobble giving the beveled cut a curve or snake effect. Also if the piece of backer board being used under the mat being cut gets too many cut lines in it the blade can get caught in a previous cut line and go off track. There is a DVD that comes with the unit that gives the basic instructions in its use but does not go into some of these cutting issues. Hope this helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Joseph Bautsch, post: 13002, member: 654"] Bill, these mat cutters work fine, in all sizes. Like anything else it has a little learning curve to it, but not hard to pick up. The most critical thing I learned at the workshop was to keep the point of the cutting blade at the correct depth for the thickness of the mat. Otherwise you can get either an over cut or under cut at the corners. The other thing was to always use a piece of backer board under the mat for beveled cutting. Otherwise you can get ragged or torn edges. There is a groove in the base that is used with the straight cutting tool but not used for the beveled cuts. The third issue is to always use a sharp blade. Dull blades tend to flex or wobble giving the beveled cut a curve or snake effect. Also if the piece of backer board being used under the mat being cut gets too many cut lines in it the blade can get caught in a previous cut line and go off track. There is a DVD that comes with the unit that gives the basic instructions in its use but does not go into some of these cutting issues. Hope this helps. [/QUOTE]

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