On Apr 2, 2007, at 8:10 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I just bought a small hand held mat cutter a few weeks ago. > Something like > 15.00. Having only used the big pro models in a large photo lab > in the > navy, I didn't have any idea it would work. > Pleased to say it works really good. The key to success is a good > straightedge and a way to clamp it in place as you cut. Forget > about holding > the straight edge by hand. > I have a large woodworkers bench in my old studio and lots of wood > working > clamps. From start to finish I can layout and cut a mat in under 5 > minutes, > so considering the mat and framing section of the camera store > charges 12.00 > for a custom mat, I figure I have already paid for it and then some! > > Walt > > =========== > That's the problem I have with mat cutting, no good work surface.
Same here. Nor do I have space for an appropriately sized flat table in my apartment. I'd like to get a cutter that mounts on the wall, vertically, and can handle up to a 40" cut. Unfortunately, those tend to be darn expensive. Um ... A museum quality 6-8 ply matt with a simple bevel cut and backboard for a 16x20 frame costs closer to $35 around here. :-( G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
