Drag Knife Cutting Mat

Note that this fixture should yield you a flat surface that is well under 001 from one end to the other.

Drag knife cutting mat. I figured it would come in handy for cutting thin plastic and paint masks on my mill. Most i ve seen are in the 100 range and the replacement blades are about 15. Safety single sheet and double thick. Then i found this website and thought this was just what i wanted.

It easily fits onto a normal spindle collet and inserts into a spindle switching between routing and knife cutting in seconds. Uses 270 replacement blades. Up to 0 250 in. Curved cuts as small as 1 8 in.

This drag knife is ideal for cutting thicker materials like denser card stock or certain types of rubber. If a tip breaks off it s going to drag on the mat and won t give you a clean cut. Self healing cutting mat with 1cm grid 90cm x 60cm. The easiest way to achieve this is to create a fixture.

Be sure it is larger than the mat you will be cutting and protect it with stiff cardboard. Logan s model 500 mat knife is ideal for making straight cuts when cutting mat boards to size. Upon purchase you will receive a. Radius can be made with this tool.

Cutting mat fixture in order to the best results with a drag knife you need a cutting surface that is both flat and consistent. More upgrade from drawcut pro to drawcut expert upgrade from an existing drawcutpro license to drawcut expert. Drag knifes are really handy for cutting soft materials like vinyl cardboard mat board foam wood veneer leather and many others. 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.

The hard compressed type of cardboard on the backs of pads of art paper are sturdy and hard. Step 1 assemble your supplies. It features three depth settings for a variety of mat board thicknesses. Our d2 d4 drag knives can handle thicker materials from 0 010 in.

The d2 fits in a 1 2in collet and the d4 fits in a 1 4in collet. 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 for the flatbed cutting plotter of the secabo fc series cutting angle 60 wedge. With flat sheets you might use one to create some custom packaging for some product for example or at least to prototype the packaging.