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Hi, this is Sage Kimble, and I'm the Mad Stamper.
I want to show you the new Rotary Addition
for the Stampin Trimmer. This is a fantastic accessory for the Trimmer,
which will change what you expect from a paper cutter.
When I first got the Trimmer last fall, I was thrilled with it.
The wide base means that you can cut a 5-1/2" card base
without opening the extension arm, although you have
an arm for when you need it.
The Trimmer has lines every quarter of an inch,
which helps position the Card Stock so you'll get good square cuts.
The entire base and the extension arm are covered with plastic,
which means the numbers in the lines won't rub off like
they did on my old cutter. After using the
trimmer for several months now, I have to admit I've been a little disappointed
with a couple of issues.
First, the blades get dull very quickly,
especially because I use it a lot and that means that
the cuts will get raggedy and I have to replace the blades frequently.
Secondly, there's this wide gap between
the ridges on either side of the cutting track. If I want to cut a small strip off
the end of
a piece of Card Stock and it doesn't span this gap,
I have to be really careful because the force
of the blade going through the Card Stock can
shift the position just slightly and I'll get a cut that isn't square.
I just received the rotary addition for the Trimmer and am much happier with this
cutting system.
Now I see that this gap is so big
in order to accommodate the Rotary Cutter.
Instead of pushing this
little triangular-shape piece of metal through
Card Stock, the rotary blade acts like
a pizza cutter. You can see it's round here
and it will roll through the Card Stock giving a much cleaner cut.
I'm going ti show you how to remove the regular track and
add the Rotary Addition. If you look carefully,
you'll see that at the end,
there's a pin on the
clear plastic track that goes into a hole
in the base. And you just want to pull
out and up really gently and it will slip right out of that hole
then it will come out of the other
end really easily. Before I add the Rotary Addition,
I'm going to take this cutting mat and rotate it
one-quarter turn. This is a really important
step, because if you
leave this mat so that there's this track,
the pizza cutter doesn't have anything
to cut against and your cuts will look really raggedy.
If you change back to this
old-style blade, you want to be sure to
put the mat in the direction where there's a groove. To add the
Rotary Addition, I'm going to take this pin
and put it in the hole at one end of the cutter.
Then
at the other end, I'm going to pull out very gently
and down a little until it slips right into that hole.
When using the rotary cutter,
you need to press down pretty firmly on
this thumb lever when you're making a cut.
And if you're not pressing firmly enough all the way,
you can sometimes get an incomplete cut.
What I've learned to do is just slide it up
and back to get my cut. I don't have to hold the Card Stock down quite so hard
even when the Card Stock doesn't
span that gap. I still have to be careful which is why I
like to use a longer piece of Card Stock, but it just feels really smooth and
effortless.
To change this blade,
you just lift this lever and
pull the cartridge up and out.
And there are some little lines on the side of the cartridge that help
make that easier. Then you can put in a new cartridge,
making sure those lines are on the outside, and you're ready to cut again.
Stampin' Up! offers some decorative blades as well as one
that creates perforations. So that's all there is to it.
You'll love how you get clean and accurate cuts every time
at a very affordable price. For more inspiration and instruction,
be sure to visit me on my website at
www.StampingMadly.com, the Stamping Madly Facebook page,
and the Mad Stamper YouTube channel. Happy stamping!