When it came in, I looked around for some scrap wood. Then started to build a cutting board for my new straight edge. I didn't want to spend any more money, so I used what I could find. It may not be very pretty but it seems to work rather well.
I started by cutting a groove in half inch plywood on both sides of my straight edge, so that the blade wouldn't cut into the wood with the straight cutter.
Then I cut a few boards out of some wood from an old bed headboard to align the straight edge.
Next I fastened the board to the plywood,
making sure to keep the straight edge square.
I checked and double checked the squareness the best I could.
After double checking I had a small issue with one side...
...so I realigned the side that was not square; it wasn't pretty but it works.
I made sure to line my grooves up with the edge of my adapt-a-rail,
checking to make sure everything is aligned and working well.
Finally ready for testing :-)
Well it worked very well after I turned the blade in the cutter over so that the blade was down :-p
I have a small mat cutter, I think its about 32 inch and works very well for cutting mats for framing. I doesn't work well for sizing the mat. I didn't have the money for a professional mat cutter that would allow me to cut my mat to size and make mats, cut foam board, glass, cardboard, paper and anything else I would have used a razor knife for.
In the end it will cut a 90 degree cut 50 3/4 inches. I didn't test a 45 degree cut but it will
be somewhat shorter, around 6 inches shorter than the 90 degree cut. I wish it was a little wider but don't have the room to store anything much bigger at the moment and I didn't want to spend any more money.
It will work for now, and was nearly exactly what I been looking for. I can always take the adapt-a-rule out of the base I made for cuts up to 60 inch. I hope you enjoyed this project as much as I did.
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