Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Clay. I bought a Logan, after seeing it and the other brands demonstrated by the guy there. The Logan system looks good. I've cut my first mat. It worked! Rick. On 10/03/2005, at 6:10 PM, R. Clayton McKee wrote: > Maped I've never heard of, but I've used Logan stuff for about > fifteen years and see no reason to think about changing. I tried to > economize and bought one of the little Dexter hand cutters before I > realized that was a bad time to be cheap, and I will GLEEFULLY send > said Dexter POS, for the cost of postage, to anyone I will never > meet. (I wouldn't wish it on a friend, but I'm too much of a Scot to > throw it away and the world is full of strange people, so SOMEONE > probably likes the things....) > > I'm currently using a 301S, the mini model, which came with straight > and bevel cutters, eats anything up to 32", and has always done > exactly what I wanted. Simple, easy to use, and difficult to screw > up. Perfect for me. > > The mat cutter at the framing shop / sales gallery I use works with a > couple of commercial C&H rigs which are also very nice but quite > larger than I want. > > > On 10 Mar 2005 at 15:06, Rick Dykstra wrote: > >> I'll be shopping for a mat cutter in a couple of hours time - to make >> mats for my nature prints. Hopefully hundreds of them as the >> weeks/months go by. Does anyone have experience with mat cutters? >> I'll need a DIY home use sort of mat cutter for making up many framing >> mats for 5x7, 8x10 and 14x16 (?) size frames. So the longest edge >> would be about 16 inches. The only bigger size would be 20 x 30, but >> I >> think I'll outsource mats for prints of that size. >> >> The local art shop has brands called Maped, and Logan. I know nothing >> about these - never cut a mat before. > -- > > > R. Clayton McKee www.rcmckee.com > Photojournalist rcmckee@rcmckee.com > P O Box 571900 voice/fax 713/783-3502 > Houston, TX 77257-1900 dig pager 281/510-3588 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >