You will
need
3mm
Pencil
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CUTTING A V-GROOVE
Lightly mark the back of the mat board with a pencil and then cut a Mat.
Remove the Mat and fallout and retain both.
Remove Slip Mat.
Set the Matguide forward as far as the V-Groove Stop permits.
Place the fallout (coloured face up) under the Cutterbar against the Matguide T-Bar.
Fully depress the blade and draw it through the card.
Take care to remove the trimming.
Repeat on the remaining three edges of the fallout.
Place the fallout face down and position the Mat on it using the light pencil mark as a guide to place the pieces
back correctly.
Tape the mount and the fallout together along the cut lines.
NOTE : Use thin tape or the thickness could upset the blade depth.
Take the assembled Mat Board and cut a Mat inside the V-Groove in the normal way.
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CHANGING THE V-GROOVE WIDTH
Release the dome socket screw using the 3mm hexagon wrench to release the V-Groove Stop.
Using scrap fallouts, experiment with different settings until a new width of cut has been selected.
To widen and deepen the V-groove move Matguide T-Bar slightly away from the Cutterbar Moving the matguide T-Bar
closer to the Cutterbar will make the groove thinner and less deep. Too deep and the cut will fray and discolour in the
centre and so part of the original bevel must remain on the fallout [fig A]
When you have selected the desired width, without moving the Matguide T-Bar, slide the V-Groove stop until it
touches the side of the Base of the machine and tighten the dome locking screw..
English
Fig A
KEY:
Matguide T-Bar
Base
Cutterbar
V-Groove stop
pencil mark
Cutting a V-Groove
6.2 Cutting techniques 6.2
