Logan 350-1 Compact Elite Mat Cutter

I love this cutter. Easy to use and precise.I was looking to buy 7 custom sized mats. It was going to cost $200. With this cutter, I’ve cut a couple dozen mats. Great buy!

I cut perfect mats right out of the box. The cutter was perfectly calibrated and easy to assemble. I used the straight cutter to trim the matboard and bevel cutter to cut the opening. I also cut the mounting board to size. Looks great on my watercolors. There are several YouTube tutorials available for this model if you are new to cutting mats. I had a gallery and custom framing business for years and do have experience, this cutter cuts as well as my very large 60” professional (heavy, not portable) cutter. Perfect for my own artwork. And very portable. Highly recommend.

This has made cutting mat board so much easier

The measurement marks on this device are truly baffling. Someone definitely took the time to put all of the stickers in the right places but the locations don't make any sense if I want to figure out where to cut. An external ruler is needed to determine widths accurately but I would have expected this to be a feature of the board itself.

I had never used a mat cutter before so I found it quite intimidating at first. Made mistakes. Got frustrated. But once you master the measurement portion of the operation, the machine itself is somewhat easy to operate. I have to say I had to figure out some “quirks”.1. Buy one or two mat sheets just to practice2. Get a good supply of bladesMy first successful mat projects brought me pleasure and a sense of accomplishment.I recommend this tool.

For someone who has never attempted to frame anything with matte boards, I was concerned that this would be a difficult and complicated task. However, I just couldn't accept the fee that Hobby lobby and Michaels wanted to charge to frame a project of mine (I wanted 2 different colored matte boards and the project amounted to $200). Once I got the tool, I familiarized myself with it, however, I should have spent more time doing practice cuts to get a more accurate feel for where the cuts are done. My first project had a few glitches, however to save $200 for one project, it was definitely acceptable. My second project looks better than the first and I am now on my third project. Needless to say, now that I have it figured out, the projects look almost as good as professionally done. If I had taken my 3 projects to one of those places, I would be out $600, but because of this tool, I have only spent about $300 (including matte boards and other miscellaneous tools). It is quite simple to do and well worth the effort. Just make sure to change out your blades once dull and to buy the matte boards in bulk if you plan on doing several projects, it is cheaper. It is also easier to buy the matte boards according to the size of frame you want to use, it makes the entire process easier.

This tool is AMAZING, Saving some money now by doing my own matting.

I am a total amateur. It took me a bit and some practice, but I finally think I have the hang of this thing in less than two days. It’s important to make one single cut and go all the way through. It’s very difficult to cut on the same line if it did not go all the way through the first time. I love the freedom it gives me to cut my own mattes, even double mattes. Worth every penny. Highly recommend.