[pure-silver] Re: best tool for cutting matboard
- From: "Tim Rudman" <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 20:07:20 +0100
Possibly not much help Shannon, but I use a professional cutter which has 2
blades, one for bevel(windows) and one straight. The big ones are costly but
they do make this job so much easier they are worth it if you can find one
say on Ebay. Even with these big boards they are easy as you can make
repeated sweeps of the blade and nothing else moves. I wasted so much time
and also messed up so many boards before I got one I wondered why I hadn't
bought one years before (like so many other things!), I've seen some good
bargains for these on Ebay at times as not too many people are after them.
Tim
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[mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chauncey Walden
Sent: 03 April 2008 19:34
To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: best tool for cutting matboard
Shannon Stoney wrote:
>
> I am framing some prints today, and I have to cut the matboard before
> cutting the window, but I do it on a self healing mat because the 32x40
> matboard is too big to fit in my little mat cutter. What is the best
> tool for this preliminary cutting? I was taught to use an exacto knife,
> but I have to make many swipes with the blade before the pieces come
> apart, and I'm thinking there must be a better tool for this. Like maybe
> a box cutter? I saw one with a pistol grip the other day at an art
> store. An employee was using it to cut cardboard.
>
> What do people on this list use?
>
I use a hand held rotary cutter against a heavy straight edge on a self
healing mat.
Chauncey
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