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• Before installing the test pen, make sure the pen will write by scribbling on scrap paper. Note that you will

probably need to remove a tiny bit of wax on the end of the pen nib. Then follow these steps:

◊ Loosen the screw on the blade holder seat.

◊ Insert the blade holder allowing it to freely rest on top of the paper.

◊ Before tightening the front screw, raise the test pen up a little bit (~ 1/8” or several mm). You don’t want

the pen still touching the paper but you also don’t want the pen too high above the paper either.

◊ Tighten the front screw to lock in the test pen. Be careful not to push down on the blade holder seat

while tightening.

• Use any of the horizontal markings at the front of the Skycut to align the mat so that it’s straight. Lift the

pinch lever to drop the pinch wheels onto the cutting mat. Most of the mat and the paper should now be

behind the cutter, not in the front:

• The arrow keys on the Skycut’s control panel will always be used to set the origin for cutting:

Only the front part of the

mat and material will be

in the front of the

machine.

Feed the mat this

direction into the

Skycut

Align the paper along

one of the grid lines on

the cutting mat.

IMPORTANT! This is NOT the recommended method for loading the blade holder into the cutter.

This is presented as a quick way to insert the test pen so that it is in a good position for drawing.

The instructions for inserting the blade holder and setting a blade distance above the material will

be covered in Section 2.01.3.