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Mat Cutter
C O M P A C T
E. Cutting a Straight Opening
Example: Cutting a mat with a 2" border
1. Set the Mat Guide to the 2" mark on the scale and retighten the Black Knobs.
2. Place the mat to be cut into the machine colored side down with the Backing
Sheet underneath and lower the Guide Rail.
3. Using a pencil, mark a line along the full length of the matboard using the
Guide Rail as a guide. Repeat this for remaining three sides.
4. Using the Straight Cutting Head, align the top scribe line with the top border
line and press down on the handle until the cutting head sits flat on the mat-
board and over the Nylon Guides. Fig. 1
5. Pull the Straight Cutting Head until the bottom scribe line lines up with the bot-
tom border line. Repeat until all borders are cut. Fig. 2
ADJUSTMENTS & MAINTENANCE
A. Blade Depth Adjustment - Bevel Cutting Head
Tools Needed: Screwdriver, Ruler
1. Hold the 302 Bevel Cutter upside down in your hand with the blade activated in
the cutting position.
2. Looking at the tip of the blade, measure the exposed amount with a ruler at the
same angle as the blade. For standard thickness mat board (4 ply) only 1/8" of
blade should be seen. To adjust, find the screw head recessed below the bot-
tom of the surface of the cutting head near where the blade is coming out.
Fig. 3
3. Turning the screw to the right (clockwise) will decrease the blade depth, the
left (counterclockwise) will increase the blade depth. Not all matboard requires
1/8". Thicker matboard will require more. Always have the blade depth set so
that the Backing Sheet is scored only slightly. Cutting even half way through
the Backing Sheet is entirely too much blade depth. This extra blade depth
allows the blade tip to flex and cause hooks and curves in the cut.
Extra blade depth can also cause the Start and Stop indicator to be incorrect
which results in overcuts. This test and adjustment needs to be done periodi-
cally as the depth can increase itself over time with regular use.
B. Re-Parallel The Mat Guide
TOOLS NEEDED: Phillips Screwdriver, Ruler.
To re-parallel the Mat Guide, first determine that the Mat Guide is out of parallel
by doing a parallel test.
Parallel Test:
1. Lock the Mat Guide at the 2" mark on the scale. Fig. 1
2. Place a scrap piece of matboard under the Guide Rail and up against the Mat
Guide at the far end of the machine.
3. Using a pencil, mark a line across the matboard.
4. Slide the mat all the way down near where you are standing keeping under the
Guide Rail but not against the Squaring Bar.
5. Mark another line across the matboard.
6. The piece of matboard should now appear to only have one single line across
it. If the two lines drawn do not line up with each other, the Mat Guide needs
to be re-paralleled.
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Blade Depth
Screw
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Mat
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