It is NOT the cutter but your technique. If you continue to have problems use a 1200 SE single edge blade. "Hooks" as they are called, come and go with any body. I can cut mats with std blades and all of a sudden I start getting hooks. So I switch to SE blades and the problem is solved. Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: wolzphoto@xxxxxxx To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2006 4:44 PM Subject: [pure-silver] Re: mat cutting service? Jim I use the same cutter and have one complaint about it. The blade sees to flex a bit when first put into the board, and every cut has a light wave to it at the beginning of the cut. Have you any experience with this? Karl Wolz -------------- Original message from Jim Brick <jim@xxxxxxxxx>: -------------- > Matt cutting is simple. Matt cutters are cheap. Why rely on someone, > whom you don't know, to attempt to do exactly what you want, then > package the result carefully enough to get it to you undamaged? The > voice of experience here! > > A matt cutter will pay for itself in no time. > > IMHO, > > Here's what I use: > > http://tinyurl.com/za8rt > > > Jim > > > At 01:13 PM 4/14/2006 -0500, Shannon Stoney wrote: > > >Does anybody on this list have a mat cutting service that they like? > >I tried Superior Archival Materials, but they are very slow about > >returning calls and emails. > > ====================================== ====== ==================================== > ============================= > To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account > (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and > unsubscribe from there.