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- Page 1 ARTIST plus INSTRUCTION MANUAL THE WORLD’S FINEST CUTTING MACHINES...
- Page 2 User Instructions Contents Know your ARTIST plus (Cutting board to size) Vertical Cutting Preparation Bevel Cutting Setting the Blade Depth Setting the Limit Stops Using the Limit Stops 1 Using the Limit Stops 2 Maintenance Squaring 1 Squaring 2 General...
- Page 3 User Instructions Know your ARTIST plus Start of Cut Limit Stop Bevel Blade Matguide Holder End of Cut Limit Stop Matguide Limit Stop Base Cutterbar Vertical Blade Holder Cutter Head End Plate Measuring Arm Lifting Handle Measuring Arm Stop...
- Page 4 Generally (clip frames excepted), providing the edge is straight, square and clean the quality of finish of the cut is less critical than with bevel cutting therefore the less expensive "Medium Duty Utility" blade can be used, for better results use "Keencut 080" blades.
- Page 5 All these factors add to the manufacturing cost of quality blades, however the option to use inexpensive blades leaves quality to chance and can increase wastage. BEVEL CUTTING blades used on the Artist plus are rectangular and come in three varieties:- For general purpose cutting on most Double ground edge 0.012"...
- Page 6 User Instructions Bevel Cutting - Setting the Blade Depth The Artist plus has been tested and adjusted to give Change your blade regularly. The cost of accurate results on a standard matboard. You may half a blade (two cutting tips per blade) need to adjust the machine to give accurate cutting compared to matboard is negligible.
- Page 7 Bevel Cutting - Setting The Limit Stops THE LIMIT STOPS on the Artist plus are colour coded for ease of explanation. Do not alter the cursor settings at this stage, adjust the limit stops by means of the large black wing knob only, we will explain the cursor adjustment later.
- Page 8 User Instructions Bevel Cutting - Using The Limit Stops 1 Move the Cutter Head beyond the far edge of the mat board. Depress the Start or Cut Finger with the thumb of the left hand until it touches the surface of the slip mat. Pull the cutter head towards you until the start of cut finger connects with the edge of the matboard and stops.
- Page 9 User Instructions Bevel Cutting - Using The Limit Stops 2 The following instructions assume End of Cut the border width of the mat is set at End of Cut 3cm (3”) as before. Inspect corners coloured side of the mat and Start of Cut Start of Cut decide if the overcut or undercut...
- Page 10 User Instructions Maintenance - Squaring 1 YOU SHOULD NOT NEED TO ADJUST THE SQUARING OF THE MACHINE! SQUARING THE CUTTER BAR AND MEASURING ARM is carried out in our factory before despatch on all new machines. Therefore adjustment should never be necessary. ALIGN THE MEASURING ARM WITH THE END PLATE Attach the Measuring Arm (A) to the End Plate (B) and...
- Page 11 User Instructions Maintenance - Squaring 2 CONTINUED Rotate the mat a quarter of a turn IF THERE IS A GAP counter-clockwise but this time place between matboard the bottom edge on the Measuring and the Cutter Bar, then Arm/End Plate and slide it to the left machine requires until it comes into contact with the...
- Page 12 ADJUSTING THE CUTTER HEAD SLIDE BEARINGS The bearings which control the sliding motion of the Artist plus cutting head are machined from a remarkable material called Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyfine and they will never wear out. As the bearings settle into...
- Page 13 User Instructions Cutting Techniques - Cutting Unequal Margins UNEQUAL MARGINS - Cutting a mat with Unequal Margins, for example 3, 3, 3 & 4 (cms or inches) Mark the back of the mat with margin widths on each of the four edges as shown. Place the mat under the Cutter Bar, for the first cut: Set the Matguide Limit Stop (blue) to the size shown on the left hand edge of the mat (to 3 in this case).
- Page 14 User Instructions Cutting Techniques - Cutting Offset Corners Mats OFFSET CORNER MAT - To cut an offset corner mat 2 sets of 4 cuts are made. Only two dimensions are required (see drawing). Set the Matguide Limit Stop (blue) to 3 (cms or inches). Set the Start of Cut (green) and End of Cut (red) Limit Stops to 4.
- Page 15 User Instructions Cutting Techniques - Cutting a V-groove CUTTING A V-GROOVE Lightly mark the back of the mat board with a pencil and then cut a mat. Remove the mat and fallout and retain both. Remove slip mat. Pencil mark Set the Mat Guide forward so it is approximately 2mm (1/16”) away from the Cutter Bar.
- Page 16 User Instructions Cutting Techniques - Cutting Multiple Openings & Title Boxes CUTTING MULTIPLE OPENINGS AND TITLE BOXES The Start of Cut (green) Limit Stop can be used to great advantage after just a little practice to accurately cut multiple openings beyond the normal scope of the Stops.
- Page 17 KEENCUT INC. (North American Sales) KEENCUT LIMITED #366 - 3560 Pine Grove Ave., Port Huron, MI 48060, USA Weldon South Ind. Estate, Corby, Northants England NN18 8AZ. Toll Free: 1 800 240 5336 Tel: 1 (519) 652 0970 Fax: 1 (519) 652 0396...
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