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• Take care to ensure that the amount of blade extension does not exceed the thickness of the sheet portion plus
the thickness of the base paper.
• If you don’t know exactly how thick the sheet portion is, perform out a cutting test and gradually extend the blade.
The optimum blade extension leaves a faint score mark on the base paper.
Amount of cutter
blade extension
Thickness of the
sheet portion
=
+
Thickness of
the base paper
2
• Blade adjustment may be necessary in the following cases:
- When cutting a sheet with base paper that is thinner than it's application portion.
- When cutting a material with no base paper
- When cutting without making any fine adjustment of blade force
Here’s how to adjust the blade.
(1) Turn the cap as shown by the arrow to align the tip of the
blade with the tip of the cap (0 mm of blade extension).
Gap
Amount of cutter blade
extension: 0 mm
Turn the cap
as shown by
the arrow
(2) Turn the cap as shown by the arrow to adjust the
amount of blade extension beyond the tip of the cap.
Amount of cutter
blade extension
Thickness of
the base paper
Thickness of the
sheet portion
Turn the cap
as shown by
the arrow
Installing a Blade Holder in the Tool
Carriage
Removal
As shown in the figure at
right, support the tool
setscrew from below and
install the blade holder.
Cutting quality may
become poor if installed
without supporting the
screw in this way.
Tool securing
screw
Loosen the tool securing screw on the tool carriage, then
insert the blade holder until the collar is flush with the
carriage.
Tighten the tool securing screw until the blade holder is
secured in place.
1) Loosen the tool securing screw on the tool carriage,
then remove the blade holder from the tool carriage.
After detaching the blade holder from the tool
carriage, do not tighten the tool setscrew. Leave
this screw loose.
Tightening the screw makes the hole for insert-
ing the holder to progressively smaller, which in
turn makes it difficult to install the blade holder.
Blade holder
Blade
2) Press the push-pin and
remove the blade from
the blade holder.
Blade holder
Push-pin
Blade holder
Loosen
Tool securing screw
Tighten
Tool carriage
Loosen
Tool securing screw
Tool carriage