Drag Knife Cutting Mat

Cutting mat fixture in order to the best results with a drag knife you need a cutting surface that is both flat and consistent.

Drag knife cutting mat. 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. Drag knifes are really handy for cutting soft materials like vinyl cardboard mat board foam wood veneer leather and many others. I figured it would come in handy for cutting thin plastic and paint masks on my mill.

More upgrade from drawcut pro to drawcut expert upgrade from an existing drawcutpro license to drawcut expert. Uses 270 replacement blades. Be sure it is larger than the mat you will be cutting and protect it with stiff cardboard. I ve wanted a cnc drag knife for quite awhile.

This drag knife is ideal for cutting thicker materials like denser card stock or certain types of rubber. Radius can be made with this tool. It features three depth settings for a variety of mat board thicknesses. Curved cuts as small as 1 8 in.

Most i ve seen are in the 100 range and the replacement blades are about 15. 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. Safety single sheet and double thick.

Logan s model 500 mat knife is ideal for making straight cuts when cutting mat boards to size. Drag knife for the flatbed cutting plotter of the secabo fc series cutting angle 60 wedge. Upon purchase you will receive a. It easily fits onto a normal spindle collet and inserts into a spindle switching between routing and knife cutting in seconds.

The d2 fits in a 1 2in collet and the d4 fits in a 1 4in collet. The hard compressed type of cardboard on the backs of pads of art paper are sturdy and hard. Then i found this website and thought this was just what i wanted. Step 1 assemble your supplies.

Self healing cutting mat with 1cm grid 90cm x 60cm. Our d2 d4 drag knives can handle thicker materials from 0 010 in. 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. With flat sheets you might use one to create some custom packaging for some product for example or at least to prototype the packaging.