User's Manual

Artist Elite Mat Cutter

Instruction Manual

Model 450-1

Logan Graphic Products Inc., 1100 Brown Street, Wauconda, IL 60084 847-526-5515 LoganGraphic.com

4. Using the Straight Cutting Head, align the top scribe line with the top border line and press

down on the handle until the cutting head sits flat on the mat board and the Nylon Guides

hook onto the Guide Rail lip (Fig. 21).

5. Pull the Straight Cutting Head until the bottom scribe line lines up with the bottom border

line. Repeat until all borders are cut (Fig. 22).

Adjustments

Bevel blade depth adjustment

• Increase depth to increase overcuts - Decrease depth to reduce overcuts

1. Hold the 702 Bevel Cutter upside down in your hand with the blade activated in the

cutting position.

2. Measure the exposed amount with a ruler at the same angle as the blade. For standard

thickness mat board (4 ply/1.4mm) only 1/8” of blade should be seen (Fig. 23).

3. Turn blade depth screw (clockwise) to decrease blade depth and (counterclockwise) to

increase depth.

NOTE: Always have blade depth set so that Slip Sheet is only slightly scored.

Re-squaring the Squaring Bar

Tools needed: Screwdriver, Carpenter’s square

Before making any adjustments to the squaring bar, make sure that the machine is truly out of

square, not the mat board, by using the squareness test.

ATTENTION: It is common for 32” x 40” sheets of

mat board to be unsquare when bought. Take this

into account before making any adjustments to the

squaring bar.

1. Remove mat guide (Fig. 24).

2. Add slip sheet (white side up). Raise guiderail.

3. Position carpenter square up against squaring bar and

under guiderail (Fig. 25).

4. Hold carpenter square firmly against squaring bar.

5. Look to see if there are any gaps. If so, squaring bar

needs to be adjusted.

Fig. 23

Fig. 22

CAUTION!!

MAT CUTTING BLADES ARE SHARP

1/8 in

3 mm

Fig. 24

Slide

Square

against

Rail

Gap

Fig. 25