Preparation
Inserting Blades
1. Mat Knife
Remove one blade from pack of 5. Remove nut and Cover
Plate. Align blade hole over thread. Be sure sharp edge of
blade is facing downward. Reassemble Cover Plate. Adjust
blade to one of three settings: Double thick mat
board/foam board (fully extended), standard (middle set-
ting) or safety setting (fully retracted). Tighten nut to lock
in place.
2. Bevel Cutter
Remove the Blade Holding Screw from the front of the
Bevel Cutter. Remove one blade from the package of 5.
Slide the blade down onto the FRONT of the chrome Blade
Holder. (Sharp edge down) until the bottom right hand cor-
ner of the blade enters into the Blade Slot and the hole in
the blade lines up with the hole in the chrome Blade Holder.
Replace Blade Holding Screw in hole and re-tighten.
Operation
Mat Knife
Cutting a Board to Size
The Mat Knife is used for trimming matboard or foamboard to
size for the outside dimensions. The Straight Edge has three
settings: Double thick mat board/foam board (fully extended),
standard (middle setting) or safety setting (fully retracted).
1. Use a Slip Sheet
Before cutting, be sure to use a slip sheet of scrap mat-
board the same size or larger than the piece you are going
to cut underneath the matboard you will be cutting. For
now use one of the 10 pieces provided in the box. The slip
sheet provides a place for the blade tip to go so it won't
cut into the surface you are cutting on and also helps sta-
bilize the blade to get nice straight cuts.
2. Measuring
Draw pencil lines on back of matboard at desired size.
Place the channel side of the rail edge along the left side
of the pencil line.
Fig 1
3. Precut
Hold the rail firmly in place with your left hand. With your
right hand hold the Mat Knife vertical so that the handle is
at a 45 degree angle putting the tip against the Straight
Edge.
Fig 2
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Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Slip Sheet
Matboard
Caution!! Mat Cutting Blades are Sharp
D O - I T - Y O U R S E L F
M O D E L 5 2 5
Mat Cutting Kit
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