Hello All:
I'm about to start making a bunch of frames for pictures of our two kids and
I want to cut the mats myself too.
I've seen the Alto system at a woodworking show
(http://www.altosezmat.com/a-03-00-productinfo.html) and it looked great
during the demonstration. I also noticed that Lee Valley sells a couple of
systems
(http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.asp?page=32123&category=1,43293&ccurrenc
y=2&SID=).
Any of you guys cut your own mats with one of the these systems (or another
one)? Comments or recommendations welcome.
Thanks,
Jim
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I've used the Logan compact mat cutter for over ten years and it has worked
great. It's item B on the Lee Valley site you posted.
"Jim Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hello All:
>
> I'm about to start making a bunch of frames for pictures of our two kids
and
> I want to cut the mats myself too.
>
> I've seen the Alto system at a woodworking show
> (http://www.altosezmat.com/a-03-00-productinfo.html) and it looked great
> during the demonstration. I also noticed that Lee Valley sells a couple of
> systems
>
(http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.asp?page=32123&category=1,43293&ccurrenc
> y=2&SID=).
>
> Any of you guys cut your own mats with one of the these systems (or
another
> one)? Comments or recommendations welcome.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim
>
>
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Sat, Oct 25, 2003, 9:49am (EDT-3) [email protected]
(Jim=A0Martin) wants to know:
<snip> Any of you guys cut your own mats with one of the these systems
(or another one)? <snip>
No. But, I've cut similar material with regular office-type paper
cutters, and that worked well.
JOAT
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I matted hundreds of pictures in the bad old days with a Dexter Mat Cutter
and a T-Square. Certainly a minimum investment. Remember to give the
bottom as viewed an extra quarter to half inch to over come the optical
illusion. If double or triple matting, you will have to add almost an
eighth as well on the interior mats.
http://www.dickblick.com/zz171/02/products.asp?param=0&ig_id=1016
NB - when people ask who matted them, don't admit you did - or admit framing
them. Everyone seems to have a lot of things they want done cheaply....
"Jim Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hello All:
>
> I'm about to start making a bunch of frames for pictures of our two kids
and
> I want to cut the mats myself too.
>
> I've seen the Alto system at a woodworking show
> (http://www.altosezmat.com/a-03-00-productinfo.html) and it looked great
> during the demonstration. I also noticed that Lee Valley sells a couple of
> systems
>
(http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.asp?page=32123&category=1,43293&ccurrenc
> y=2&SID=).
>
> Any of you guys cut your own mats with one of the these systems (or
another
> one)? Comments or recommendations welcome.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim
>
>
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On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 09:49:47 -0700, "Jim Martin"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Any of you guys cut your own mats with one of the these systems (or another
>one)? Comments or recommendations welcome.
I've borrowed the Alto. It's worked great for me every time.
Barry
Jim Martin wrote:
> Any of you guys cut your own mats with one of the these systems (or another
> one)? Comments or recommendations welcome.
I've cut a fair number of mats with the Alto system. It works great. I
have not yet tried the oval templates, etc. which are available - I've
only cut rectangular mats thus far. I've never used the Logan so I
can't compare.
By the way, if you're doing any significant amount of framing, I also
highly recommend the "framing and glazing tool" which Lee Valley sells.
This appears to be the Fletcher FrameMaster, which is what I use
(though mine didn't come from them). It is expensive ($76 plus $17 for
3000 points), but makes short, painless, and curse-free work of
inserting framing points. It's one of those specialty tools that does
just one thing, but does it so well that it's hard to live without once
you've tried it.
-Brett
On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 09:49:47 -0700, "Jim Martin"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I want to cut the mats myself too.
I use a Logan, which I still think is damned expensive for a chunk of
aluminium and a razor blade. I don't much like their guide rail, as I
find it too lightweight and prone to slippage. I just use straight
edge, but it's much heavier and has an anti-slip surface underneath.
I don't like systems like the Alto, because it encourages you to cut
ugly matts where every cut is the same distance from the edge. it
probably works fine, but I don't like the result.
http://amol.org.au/recollections/
is a useful site on some issues around high quality matting and
framing.
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Logan makes the best mat cutters (and in various price ranges).
"Jim Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hello All:
>
> I'm about to start making a bunch of frames for pictures of our two kids
and
> I want to cut the mats myself too.
>
> I've seen the Alto system at a woodworking show
> (http://www.altosezmat.com/a-03-00-productinfo.html) and it looked great
> during the demonstration. I also noticed that Lee Valley sells a couple of
> systems
>
(http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.asp?page=32123&category=1,43293&ccurrenc
> y=2&SID=).
>
> Any of you guys cut your own mats with one of the these systems (or
another
> one)? Comments or recommendations welcome.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim
>
>
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