Originally Posted by
Drew Wiley
I'd never use a matcutter for cutting down film. My linear matcutter does have a squaring arm and sizing option for cutting down and squaring matboard, as well as a different cutter for beveled window cuts. I also have a big wall mounted machine for precise right-angle cuts of backing board, plastic sheeting, and glass. It's very difficult to make true straight cuts handheld. Even my circular saw is a top-end rail version capable of precise cuts, so much so that a jointer is not even needed afterwards when assembling and gluing wood strips to a precise fit. And nowadays, a person on a budget can get a basic straightedge with a linear cutter captured on it. That could be made to work with especially large pieces of film on atop a self-healing mat, but would not in my opinion be ideal.
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