Cutting Circles In Mat Board

The 450 1 artist elite features a 40 board capable of cutting full 32 x 40 sheets of standard thickness matboard a hinged guardrail a mat guide for border widths from 3 4 to 5 1 2 and a heavy duty pull style bevel cutter with anti crawl pin.

Cutting circles in mat board.

Maximum difference between oval width and oval height is 3 7 62cm. In this video i am making a circle cutting jig for a trim router aka a mini router used for cutting circles which could be holes in wood or it could be fo. Using these measurements place the ruler or t square along the first edge of the mat and mark with a pencil on the back side of the mat where the cutting edge is to be. Unfortunately i didn t read the minimum circle size correctly as it states 4 1 2 as the smallest circle and i need to go smaller than that.

Use your scissors to quickly slice a larger circle or square around the circle you want to cut out. This package contains one foam board circle cutter and five blades. However this oval and circle mat cutting system does both jobs draw or cut 36 ovals and 72 circles at an economical price. You could buy separate oval and circular mat cutters.

I want to cut 3 4 holes into pre existing inchie art pieces of mat board. Now i m moving onto doing some circles and ovals. Logan formworks foam board circle cutter. If you want a negative space circle a piece of cardboard with a hole cut in it that s perfectly circular carefully stab one side of the scissors through the center of the circle to start making your cut.

The oval and circle mat board cutter allows you to cut hundreds of sizes of circle or oval photo mats in standard mat board without the need for a template. Cut ovals from 3 1 4 x 4 3 4 8 25cm x 12cm to 20 x 23 51cm x 58cm and circles from 4 3 4 to 20 11 5cm x 51cm diameter. Adjusts from oval to circle cutter with a simple twist of the knob. Refer back to the dimensions of the frame backing board you measured earlier.

Cuts circles measuring between 1 inch and 6 inches in diameter. Mark the first mat where it is to be cut. I recently purchased a logan 201 oval circle mat cutter with the intention of making some small circles in mat board. Just not sure how to do it to get a nice clean cut circle.