ddb@mrvax.DEC (DAVID DYER-BENNET MRO1-2/L14 DTN 231-4076) (01/21/85)
For about $40 you can get the Altos mat cutter system. This consists of a fiberboard base with parallel rule, and a plastic cutter body with replacable blade. With moderate (1/2 hour serious work) practice, I find this works nearly as well as the fancy sysems, and the price is right. To make it even neater, and easier, you can use the Logan mat cutter (which is the best cutter I know of) with it. You have to work out some offsets so that the cuts come where you want them, and so you can mark where to stop cuts correctly, but it's worth the effort. -- David Dyer-Bennet -- ...decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-mrvax!ddb
gollem@asgb.UUCP (Gollem uucp link) (02/08/85)
About a month ago, I posted a request for info on mat cutters. I'm
specifically looking for something for cutting beveled edge overmats
that works better then the Logan hand mat cutter I've got.
The Logan, by the way, is an excellent mat cutter for a hand model.
It does however get rather unwieldly on large cuts.
The most promising sounding cutter I heard about was the Logan 500 or
501 Shortcut. I haven't found a retail seller yet. The price a
couple years ago was about $100(u.s.). It sounds like about what I
want, but I haven't yet seen one.
The other suggestion which seems most possible is to build some sort of
guide frame for the hand cutter I've got. The basic design would be two
parallel wood (metal??) strips the width of the mat cutter. The strips
are mounted (or hinged) square to a stop against which you locate the
mat board. The mat board fits under the strips, and the cutter between
the strips which guide it in a nice straight line. This is probably the
solution I'll use when (or if) I get enough free time to do the job.
A couple other devices were mentioned. A couple of people mentioned
Dexter, and there were references to Brookstone and Altos. I haven't
seen either of these, so I can't make too many comments. I believe
that most (all??) of these are also hand cutters like the Logan.
Thanks to everybody who responded!
Mike Rosenlof hplabs!sdcrdcf!\
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