Drag Knife Cutting Mat

Have close at hand your art work that is to be matted mat board cardboard or foam core board for backing a pencil eraser a metal ruler or one with a metal edge a small piece of fine grain sandpaper or an emery board and tape step 2 find a sturdy surface for mat cutting.

Drag knife cutting mat.

It features three depth settings for a variety of mat board thicknesses. With flat sheets you might use one to create some custom packaging for some product for example or at least to prototype the packaging. It easily fits onto a normal spindle collet and inserts into a spindle switching between routing and knife cutting in seconds. Note that this fixture should yield you a flat surface that is well under 001 from one end to the other.

I ve wanted a cnc drag knife for quite awhile. Up to 0 250 in. Drag knife for the flatbed cutting plotter of the secabo fc series cutting angle 60 wedge. Uses 270 replacement blades.

Radius can be made with this tool. I figured it would come in handy for cutting thin plastic and paint masks on my mill. If a tip breaks off it s going to drag on the mat and won t give you a clean cut. D2 d4 drag knife for cnc routers.

Drag knifes are really handy for cutting soft materials like vinyl cardboard mat board foam wood veneer leather and many others. Most i ve seen are in the 100 range and the replacement blades are about 15. The easiest way to achieve this is to create a fixture. Safety single sheet and double thick.

Cutting mat fixture in order to the best results with a drag knife you need a cutting surface that is both flat and consistent. Logan s model 500 mat knife is ideal for making straight cuts when cutting mat boards to size. Self healing cutting mat with 1cm grid 90cm x 60cm. The hard compressed type of cardboard on the backs of pads of art paper are sturdy and hard.

Our d2 d4 drag knives can handle thicker materials from 0 010 in. Discard old blades by wrapping them in tape to avoid personal injury if you don t own a mat cutter you can cut your mat window with an x acto knife but you won t achieve a good clean bevel. Rocky mount nc 572 sutter s creek blvd rocky mount nc 252 972 0023 get directions. Upon purchase you will receive a.

More upgrade from drawcut pro to drawcut expert upgrade from an existing drawcutpro license to drawcut expert. Be sure it is larger than the mat you will be cutting and protect it with stiff cardboard. This drag knife is ideal for cutting thicker materials like denser card stock or certain types of rubber. Then i found this website and thought this was just what i wanted.