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CRAIN No. 290 SEAM CUTTER PLUS INSTRUCTIONS

SEAM CUTTING INSTRUCTIONS

Adjusting the row guide:

Loosen the three screws which allow the row guide to move up or down.

Part the nap of the carpet to be trimmed with a row finder or separator.

Set the base of the Seam Cutter on the carpet with the extended row 
guide dropping into the parted row. With some downward pressure on 
the handle of the tool, press the row guide down to the bottom of the row. 
Once the row guide depth is set, retighten the three screws.

NOTE:  A properly adjusted row guide will ride on the bottom of the row 
and the base will be flat on the face of the carpet. The base should not 
teeter back and forth on the row guide.  If it does, shorten the depth of the 
guide until there is no rocking, yet the row guide still contacts the bottom 
of the row. 

LOOSEN ROW GUIDE SCREWS (3)

ROW 
GUIDE

PRESS DOWN ON ROW GUIDE 
TO BOTTOM OF ROW

BASE 
FLAT ON 
FACE OF 
CARPET

PRESS

Summary of Contents for 290

Page 1: ...pressure on the handle of the tool press the row guide down to the bottom of the row Once the row guide depth is set retighten the three screws NOTE A properly adjusted row guide will ride on the bottom of the row and the base will be flat on the face of the carpet The base should not teeter back and forth on the row guide If it does shorten the depth of the guide until there is no rocking yet the...

Page 2: ...g NOTE If the carpet being installed has an attached backing additional blade depth is available by the following insert the thumbscrew in the middle hole COMPLETELY ABOVE the slotted razor blade Adjust the slotted razor blade to desired depth and tighten WARNING It is not ad visable to extend the blade more than 3 4 beyond the base SLOTTED RAZOR BLADE INSTALLATION BLADE CUTTING HOLE BLADE CLAMP T...

Page 3: ...on surface left diagram The wide trim side is used when installing carpet adjacent to an elevated surface requiring the trimmer to be tilted over right diagram When trimming keep the inside edge of the cutter s base tight against the Z bar This will give you the perfect amount of carpet to fold underneath the Z bar once the trimming operation is complete LOOSEN ROW GUIDE SCREWS 3 ROW GUIDE UTILITY...

Page 4: ...eading adhesive then tuck the carpet un der the lip of the molding for a perfect fit Remove the two screws from the bottom of the base in order to remove the close trim side of the cutter TRIMMING CARPET TO VINYL MOLDING When trimming keep the edge of the cutter s base tight against the inside edge of the vinyl molding This will give you the perfect amount of carpet to tuck underneath the vinyl mo...

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