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
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Re-parallel Mat Guide
Tools Needed: Phillips Screwdriver, Ruler
To re-parallel the Mat Guide, first determine that the Mat Guide is out of parallel by
doing a parallel test.
Parallel Test:
1. Lock the Mat Guide at the 2” mark on the scale (Fig. 28).
2. Place a scrap piece of matboard under the Guide Rail and up against
the Mat Guide at the far end of the machine.
3. Using a pencil, mark a line across the matboard.
4. Slide the mat all the way down near where you are standing keeping under
the Guide Rail.
5. Mark another line across the matboard.
6. The piece of matboard should now appear to only have one single line across
it. If the two lines drawn do not line up with each other, the Mat Guide needs
to be re-paralleled.
To Re-parallel:
1. Release the Mat Guide.
2. Use a Phillips head screwdriver to loosen the four screws on either side of the
black knobs one turn.
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Gap
No
Gap
Adjust Rail
to remove
gaps
Fig. 27
Fig. 26
Fig. 28
2 in
5 cm
Mat Guide
Re-squaring continued
6. By looking at where the gap is, you can determine which way
the squaring bar needs to go in order to be square again.
7. Remove the squaring bar and locate the two screws inside of
the slot.
8. To adjust, you must turn screws A & B in equal but opposite
directions. To move the far right end of the squaring bar
towards the top end of the machine, turn adjustment screw B
inward (clockwise) about a quarter turn, and turn adjustment
screw A outward (counter clock-wise) about a quarter turn
(Fig. 26).
9. Re-install the squaring bar and check for square. This is a
trial and error method. In some cases more than a quarter
turn is needed, in some cases, less. (Fig 27)
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