NT Professional Mat Cutter, 45 Degree Bevel Mat Board Cutter, 1 Cutter (MAT-45P), Aluminum Die-Cast Grip, Red/Grey

I haven't learned how to use it. Not enough instruction

This Matt cutter works great but you will also need some other tools like rulers and guides

I have used a few NT products over the year so when I need to buy a bevel cutter to custom-cut the mat for my frames, I pick NT brand first. The blade is sharp and the instruction on the package is easy to comprehend. I cut the mat board on large cutting mat and a long metal ruler I already had. They came out nicely. The trick is to overlap the cut on each corner by 1/16 - 1/8 inch or so (you won't see the overlap cut mark anyway)

Not clear instructions. It says to lower the blade, but the pictures aren’t clear on how you should do that. I think if I had lowered it more I might have cut the mat in fewer than 6 or 8 passes.

I do not recommend this product because it is very uncomfortable to cut. The cutting side is a face of the matt and it leaves dents because the bottom is not flat. The second bad thing is it moves in different directions and it is very hard to control. The third one is the mark where to stop or start is very broad and makes angles cut too far or not cut enough. The design is very poor. Sorry guys! Very disappointed.

Love this mat cutter. Needed a couple mats for some pictures around the house. Local craft store was fairly pricey on them cutting them. Was able to purchase the matting boards and cut them myself. Very easy and simple to use. Highly recommend.

Needed to modify a purchased framed mat to fit my daughter’s 30cmx40cm diamond painting. Didn’t want to pay a fortune to have it matted and figured I won’t need a mat cutter many times in my life so I went with this option over professionally framing or an expensive tool. I drew the necessary cut lines on back of mat with pencil. Laid down a cutting mat, my purchased mat, and then a heavy metal ruler. After determining where the ruler needed to be placed, I clamped the ruler down to my kitchen island so that my pencil lines were between the visible area of the tool. Pressed down on tool to confirm the blade hit the mat on the line. Used screw adjustment to adjust the blade to the necessary depth and pressed down and toward mat as I cut. I didn’t practice and it did wander a bit (more when I tried to push down with two hands than when I used one to steady the myself and one to do the cut) but it isn’t noticeable from my finished work. Worked as I expected and am happy to be able to frame the non-US standard 30cmx40cm diamond paintings my daughter has taken a liking to.

This gets the job done but if you are planning on doing a large matte, it is a challenge. I used it to matte a jersey frame and it took a lot of patience and an extra hand to cut the large square. The final product turned out nice though. See picture (I cut the large mattes). If you are planning to cut small mattes, this is perfect. This is definitely not for someone wanting to cut a lot of mattes or large mattes though!