Drag Knife Cutting Mat

The hard compressed type of cardboard on the backs of pads of art paper are sturdy and hard.

Drag knife cutting mat.

The d2 fits in a 1 2in collet and the d4 fits in a 1 4in collet. Step 1 assemble your supplies. I figured it would come in handy for cutting thin plastic and paint masks on my mill. Drag knifes are really handy for cutting soft materials like vinyl cardboard mat board foam wood veneer leather and many others.

Cutting mat fixture in order to the best results with a drag knife you need a cutting surface that is both flat and consistent. 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. The easiest way to achieve this is to create a fixture. Logan s model 500 mat knife is ideal for making straight cuts when cutting mat boards to size.

Our d2 d4 drag knives can handle thicker materials from 0 010 in. It easily fits onto a normal spindle collet and inserts into a spindle switching between routing and knife cutting in seconds. Upon purchase you will receive a. With flat sheets you might use one to create some custom packaging for some product for example or at least to prototype the packaging.

Self healing cutting mat with 1cm grid 90cm x 60cm. D2 d4 drag knife for cnc routers. Safety single sheet and double thick. It features three depth settings for a variety of mat board thicknesses.

Drag knife for the flatbed cutting plotter of the secabo fc series cutting angle 60 wedge. Rocky mount nc 572 sutter s creek blvd rocky mount nc 252 972 0023 get directions. Up to 0 250 in. Curved cuts as small as 1 8 in.

Note that this fixture should yield you a flat surface that is well under 001 from one end to the other. More upgrade from drawcut pro to drawcut expert upgrade from an existing drawcutpro license to drawcut expert. 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.

Then i found this website and thought this was just what i wanted. Uses 270 replacement blades. This drag knife is ideal for cutting thicker materials like denser card stock or certain types of rubber. Be sure it is larger than the mat you will be cutting and protect it with stiff cardboard.