Rethinking Mat Cutting

• Why "flying-by-the-seat-of-your-pants" doesn't work.
• A common misconception, a mat cutter is NOT a machine.
• The counter-intuitive trap.
   

How to Cut a Basic Single Beveled Mat

• Your first objective in mat cutting (not what you think).
• A little known but critical fact about matboard.
• Blade depth control and the mistaken paradigm shift.
   

How to Conquer Common Mat Cutting Problems

• The root cause of over cuts and the technique that will conquer them - for good.
• The culprit behind wavy bevels.  How to diagnose the problem and get perfect beveled edges.
• How to eliminate patchy cut-thrus and clean up rough edges.
   

The Framer's Technique for a Perfectly Aligned Double Mat

• A technique so fast, accurate and drop dead simple, you'll opt for double mats all the time.
• A golden opportunity to finally rid yourself of over cuts.

Sizing: The Forgotten Half of Mat Cutting

• The one feature your mat cutter needs to make sizing fast and accurate.
• Yield: Understanding why matboard is 32"x40" and what you can do about it.
   

Bonus Mat Cutting Technique: The Stepped-Corner Mat

• A stunner of a technique that will allow you to see how far you've come in 3 hours of mat cutting.