Logan 5000 8-Ply Bevel Handheld Mat Cutter

To install a blade into the 8 Ply cutter, first loosen the blade holding knob. Then remove the blade holding magazine. Install one Logan number 271 blade onto the magnetic magazine. Re-insert into the blade holder and retighten the blade knob. To adjust the blade depth on the 5000 8 Ply mat cutter, loosen the blade knob and remove the blade holding magazine. Using the [inaudible – 00:36] blade depth adjustment screw, turn the screw clockwise or counterclockwise to increase or decrease the blade depth. Then reinstall the blade holding magazine and re-tighten the blade holding knob. See that the blade depth is just barely passing through the thickness of the mat board and only scoring into the slipsheet. To cut an 8 ply mat, first set the mat guide to the border size needed, in this example 2 inches. Now insert the mat blank into the machine, set down the guide rail, and mark all four borders. Hook the 8 Ply mat cutter onto the rail and line up the green start line with a pencil line. Holding down the anti-crawl pin, insert the blade, release from the anti-crawl pin, and pull back to the red line. Always make sure to rotate the blade out of the mat before lifting the guide rail. Repeat this process for the remaining three sides. After the final cut, you will have a perfectly beveled 8 ply mat.

To adjust the blade depth on a push style double cutting head, find the blade depth adjustment screw on the underside of the cutting head. And using a screwdriver, turn the screw clockwise to decrease the blade depth or counterclockwise to increase the blade depth. See that the blade is barely passing through the mat board and only scoring into the slip sheet. To adjust the blade depth on the 302 bevel cutter, find the blade depth adjustment screw on the bottom of the cutting head. Using a screwdriver, turn the screw clockwise to decrease the blade depth or counterclockwise to increase the blade depth. See that the blade is just barely passing through the mat board and only scoring into the slip sheet. To adjust the blade depth on the straight cutter of the 650-1 Framer’s Edge Elite, loosen the blade holding knob and use the blade depth adjustment knob to increase or decrease the blade depth. Then retighten the blade knob. To adjust the blade depth on the bevel side of the 650-1 Framer’s Edge Elite, first loosen the blade holding knob and using the blade depth screw. Turn the screw in or out to increase or decrease the blade depth. Then retighten the blade knob. To adjust the blade depth on the 50008 ply mat cutter, loosen the blade knob and remove the blade holding magazine. Using the neural blade depth adjustment screw, turn the screw clockwise or counterclockwise to increase or decrease the blade depth. Then reinstall the blade holding magazine and retighten the blade holding knob. See that the blade depth is just barely passing through the thickness of the mat board and only scoring into the slip sheet.