Digital BW, The Print

on 11/29/2002 10:59 PM, DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com at
DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com wrote:

> Message: 8
> Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 12:50:06 -0500
> From: "Shire,Stanley" <sshire@...>
> Subject: RE: Re: Mat Cutters
> 
> One of my colleagues is astounding with a dexter. Learned at Brooks. He
> uses a nonskid (rubber-backed) cutting bar to guide the dexter.
> That said, I bought a Logan Framer's Edge (mod 650). Excellent cutter.
> Many, very precise, adjustments to control over/undercuts. Cutters are
> attached to the cutting bar. (Straight and 45 degree cutters). Very
> nice. It costs around $400
> 
> Stan Shire
> Associate Professor/Department Chair
> Photographic Imaging
> Community College of Philadelphia
> Adobe Photoshop 6 A.C.E.
> Author: Hands On Photoshop 7: Tutorial Workshops
> 
> 215 751-8320
> sshire@...
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jerry Olson [mailto:jerryolson@...]
> Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 12:12 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: Mat Cutters
> 
> Tom, how in God's name can you get a clean cut with a Dexter mat cutter?
> What holds your whole apparatus down without anything moving?  How do
> you keep the mat cutter from weaving around while making a cut? I
> majored in art when I was at the University, and nobody, not one person
> could use a dexter and get a professional looking mat. Just wondering!!
> :)
> 
> Jerry


I'm using a Logan #750.  Very easy to use.  I think I paid about $200 for
it.
 
-Bruce