ULTIMAT GOLD Inspired Design – Precision Engineering USER INSTRUCTIONS KC-UG 6981-2010 Thank you for choosing the Keencut ULTIMAT GOLD. Every effort has been made to bring you a precision engineered product with the promise of many years of valuable service. In order to obtain maximum benefit from your machine please read these instructions carefully. For advice and assistance or replacement parts please contact your distributor or Keencut. MyBinding.
1 Contents 2 Identification 2.1 3 Know your ULTIMAT GOLD Preparation 3.1 3.2 3.3 4 1 How to Assemble your ULTIMAT GOLD Know your Blades Additional Matguide fittings Operation 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4-41 Cutting Board to Size Setting the Measuring Arm Limit Stop Setting the Blade Depth Bevel Cutting 4.5-6 Adjusting the Limit Stops 5 Maintenance 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 6 Cutting techniques 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.
2 2 Know your ULTIMAT GOLD Matguide Slideway Handle Matguide T-Bar Matguide Limit Stop Bevel Blade Holder V-Groove Stop Base Start of Cut Limit Stop Lift & Hold Cutter Head Vertical Blade Holder End of Cut Limit Stop Cutterbar End Plate Measuring Arm Limit Stop Measuring Arm MyBinding.
3.1 Preparation 3.1 How to Assemble your ULTIMAT GOLD ➠ ➠ ➠ ➠ ➠ ➠ ➠ ➠ English HOW TO ASSEMBLE YOUR ULTIMAT GOLD THE RUBBER FEET are supplied with self adhesive on the back. Position them as shown on the underside of the Base, not on the End Plate. THE MEASURING ARM is used when cutting matboard to size (sizing) and can be removed when bevel cutting. Hold the Measuring Arm at 45 degrees to the Base and forward of the End Plate.
3.2 Preparation 3.2 Know your Blades SLIPMAT KEENCUT TECH D 012 KEENCUT KEENCUT 080 TECH D 015 KEENCUT MEDIUM DUTY TECH S 012 English THE SLIPMAT is used under the matboard when bevel cutting, this ensures crisp clean cutting Make it from standard matboard. Avoid using dense matboard such as black core. Size - approximately 15cm (6”) wide and either the full cutting length of the Ultimat long, or at least 5cm (2”) longer than the longest mat you are going to cut.
3.3 Preparation 3.3 Additional Matguide fittings (fittings optional) English Matguide Lock Used if the Machine is set on a sloping table top to prevent the Matguide sliding down the edge of the base through vibration. Fit the Lock between the edge of the base and the Matguide slideway, tighten the screw and fit the T-bar.
4.1 Operation 4.1 Cutting Board to Size ➠ ‘X’ ➠ ‘X’ English ■ CUTTING BOARD TO SIZE using the vertical cutter, fitted with a trapezium shaped blade adjust the depth so the tip of the blade JUST protrudes the board being cut. It is not necessary to use a slip mat when vertical cutting. To enable the blade to be quickly set for the different thickness of materials such as paper, matboard and foamcore no preset stop is fitted. Fit the Measuring Arm and ensure it is positioned correctly.
4.2 Operation 4.2 Setting the Measuring Arm Limit Stop You will need 3mm (X) ➠ Known width English ■ CHECK that the matboard has been cut to the correct size. If the Measuring Arm has not given an accurate measurement then the Measuring Arm Stop finger (X) can be adjusted using a 3mm hexagon wrench. ■ BEWARE: Some new matboard may not be square. ■ THE SQUARENESS of the Cutterbar to the End Plate and Measuring Arm is set in the factory before despatch.
4.3 Operation 4.3 Setting the Blade Depth ➠ ➠ ➠ 1/2 ➠ mm English ■ CUTTING A BEVEL EDGED APERTURE ☛ TIP Change your blade regularly. The cost of half a blade (two cutting tips per blade) compared to matboard is negligible. The Ultimat has been tested and adjusted to give accurate results on a standard matboard. You may need to adjust the machine to give accurate cutting if your matboard is of a slightly different thickness to that of the test mat.
4.4 Operation 4.4 Bevel Cutting ➠ ➠ ➠ MyBinding.com 5500 NE Moore Court Hillsboro, OR 97124 Toll Free: 1-800-944-4573 Local: 503-640-5920 English ■ THE LIMIT STOPS on the Ultimat Gold are colour coded for ease of explanation. Do not alter the cursor settings at this stage, adjust the limit stops by means of the large black wingknob only, we will explain cursor adjustment later. Place your slip mat in position.
4.41 Operation 4.41 Bevel Cutting (Y) ➠ ➠ English ■ THE LIMIT STOPS (cont) Move the Cutter Head beyond the far edge of the matboard. Depress the Start of Cut Finger (Y) with the thumb of the left hand until it touches the surface of the slip Mat. Pull the Cutter Head towards you until the Start of Cut Finger connects with the edge of the matboard and stops. Hold the Start of Cut Finger down and fully insert the blade with firm downward pressure on the Bevel Blade Holder.
4.5 Operation 4.5 Adjusting the Limit Stops English ■ ■ ADJUSTING THE LIMIT STOPS is a 2 stage process, but in most cases the first stage can be omitted. STAGE 1 Cut a Mat as described before, (with all limit stops set at say 3) but you only need to make 2 cuts. Measure the border width on the back (white) face of the Mat. If the border width is too wide, by say 1mm (1/16”) adjust the Matguide cursor (blue) by 1mm (1/16”) turning the adjustment screw in the - direction.
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5.1 You will need Maintenance Squaring 5.1 5mm ➠ ✔ top ➠ ➠ ➠ ➠ ➠ ➠ bottom Adjust with 5mm Hexagon wrench English YOU SHOULD NOT NEED TO ADJUST THE SQUARING OF THE MACHINE! ■ SQUARING THE CUTTER BAR AND MEASURING ARM TO THE END PLATE is carried out in our factory before despatch of all new machines. Therefore adjustment should never be necessary. Remove the Measuring Arm. Take a matboard at least 65 x 65cm (25 x 25”) in size.
5.2 Maintenance 5.2 The Alignment of the Matguide T-Bar You will need 3mm (A) (C) English ■ THE ALIGNMENT OF THE MATGUIDE T-Bar with the Cutterbar is checked using two identical coins. Place the coins as shown, one near the top of the Matguide T-Bar and the other near the bottom. Move the Matguide T-Bar across to touch both coins and clamp the wingbolt (C). If both coins do not touch the Matguide T-Bar loosen the two Alignment Adjustment Screws (A).
5.3 Maintenance 5.3 Removing the Start of Cut Rule You will need 3mm English ■ REMOVING THE START OF CUT RULE Loosen screw with 3mm hexagon wrench. Set the Vertical Blade Holder in the down position and loosen the second screw. Remove the rule from the end of the Cutter Head. If the machine is to be used without the Start of Cut Rule for any reason adjust both screws inwards to ensure they do not interfere with the Vertical Blade Holder.
5.4 Maintenance 5.4 You will need 2mm b ■ a ADJUSTING THE CUTTER HEAD SLIDE BEARINGS The bearings which control the sliding motion of the Ultimat Gold cutting head are machined from a remarkable material called Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyfine and they will never wear out. As the bearings settle into position you may wish to adjust them to eliminate side play from the sliding head as follows:- Remove the slip sheet to allow the cutter bar to lay flat on the machine base.
6.1 Cutting techinques 6.1 Cutting Unequal Margins ➠ ➠ ➠ 1st Cut 3rd Cut 2nd Cut NOTE: Continue changing the Limit Stops before making each cut. ➠ 4th Cut English ■ UNEQUAL MARGINS - Cuting a Mat with UNEQUAL MARGINS, for example 3,3,3 & 4. Mark the back of the Mat with margin widths on each of the four edges as shown. Place the Mat under the Cutterbar. Set the Matguide Limit Stop (blue) to the size shown on the left hand edge of the Mat (to 3 in this case).
6.2 Cutting techniques 6.2 Cutting a V-Groove You will need 3mm ✍ Fig A Pencil pencil mark English ■ CUTTING A V-GROOVE Lightly mark the back of the mat board with a pencil and then cut a Mat. Remove the Mat and fallout and retain both. Remove Slip Mat. Set the Matguide forward as far as the V-Groove Stop permits. Place the fallout (coloured face up) under the Cutterbar against the Matguide T-Bar. Fully depress the blade and draw it through the card. Take care to remove the trimming.
6.3 Cutting techniques 6.3 Cutting Offset Corner Mats English Set the Limit Stops to the dimensions in the table below and make each set of cuts in the normal way. When cutting stepped or offset mats superior results can be obtained if the blade is lifted and then re-inserted in the centre of the mat at certain times during the cutting sequence. If you follow the examples below they will give you that sequence - it will save time and avoid errors.
6.4 6.4 Cutting Multiple openings & Title boxes You will need ✍ Pencil 3mm Cutterbar Start of Cut Limit Stop Start of Cut Finger Cutter Head English ■ CUTTING MULTIPLE OPENINGS AND TITLE BOXES The Start of Cut (green) Limit Stop can be used to great advantage after just a little practice to accurately cut multiple openings beyond the normal scope of the Stops. Pencil mark the back of the Mat Board with the required layout and place an X in each aperature to be cut.
7.1 Optional accessories 7.1 Multi-angle cutting gauge 45° 37.5° 30° MyBinding.com 5500 NE Moore Court Hillsboro, OR 97124 Toll Free: 1-800-944-4573 Local: 503-640-5920 English MULTI-ANGLE CUTTING GAUGE The Multi-angle Cutting Gauge will make easy work of angled cuts when creative matcutting. The three gauges enable the mat to be accurately positioned, marked and cut at angles of 30°, 37.5°, 45°, 52.5° and 60°, making easy work of hexagons, octagons, chamfered corner mats, etc.
7.2 Optional accessories 7.2 Matguide Extension Kit 75cm (30") English MATGUIDE EXTENSION KIT 75cm (30”) Consists of an extended Matguide Slideway and two base extension arms for controlling a cut up to 75cm (30”) away from the Matguide. Increases the effective base width to 100cm (39”). FITTING Remove the Matguide Slideway and the Matguide T-Bar . Clip the Extended Matguide Slideway and Base Extensions to the machine, then refit the Matguide T-Bar. Refer to 5.
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