> On the downside, you pretty much need to work with pencil marks on the back of the matte when cutting bevels to avoid over or under cuts. And the cutting guide sags slightly when you pick it up, makes lining up the media a little annoying since the media will want to pivot on the center of the sag. Other than that it makes great bevels on both 6 and 8 ply matboard. Of course you need some practice. The long, ruled 90 degree cutting guide is way too easy to bend, replace it with the shorty guide that comes with the unit, and work with pencil marks in order to get accurate corner angles. BTW there is a cheaper model just down from the 660, don't bother with it as it can't make a straight cut to save its life.
Thanks! Do you think the Logan 660 is suitable then? I've been looking at the F-T version of a 60” cutter. Is the F-T a smarter choice were I looking to use a mat cutter as a paper trimmer? Or is the design not ideal for cutting paper?
> Should also be mentioned that a nice, 2" wide, stainless steel Alvin straight edge is all you need to cut media and foam core with a #11 Xacto blade, just use scrap matte board trims as a backing. On matboard take a shallow guide cut then 2 or 3 more heavier cuts. On foam core, just take one heavy cut all the way through to avoid generating annoying foam shards from multiple cuts. This is how I always cut prints, too much risk of kinking or scraping thin, unmounted prints with just about any matte cutter. I have a few different
This is great feedback. This topic is 100% new to me. Your last sentence makes a case for getting a suitable paper cutter. I'm not good working freehand. I’ll get better in time but don’t want to sacrifice the first potentially several hundred cuts in the name of buying and using the wrong tools for the task.