Customer Reviews for 12" Width Manual Stack Paper Trimmer A4 Paper Cutter W/ Clamp & Safe Lock

I cut books with this. The book guide is slightly off, but not much. It cuts very nice. There wasn't a lot of grease on it when i bought it.

This was easy to set up, honestly most of it was already put together. It works well and does what we need it to do for our work! Would definitely recommend! -Kelley H.

Works great & the best for the price

This had made our work easier when we have to cut the spine off the books so we can bind them with coil or combs.

Arrived today, and worked great almost immediately out of the box. I cut the binding off of a 150 page book first, and then cut the binding off of a 600 page text book in one shot, smooth, no problems (!). I then scanned both of these books using a Fujitsu ScanSnap iX500 scanner, both scanned perfectly in a single pass.PROS:- Built very solid (40 lb shipping weight!)- Does a beautiful job cutting thick books- Minimal assembly needed, except the gate crank (see below). works almost straight out of the boxCONS:- Comes with no instructionsCAVEATS / NOTES:- The gate crank comes pre-installed deliberately backwards for shipping purposes. Using the supplied hex key, you must removed this crank, and re-install it the other way around before the paper cutter can be used. There are no instructions or labels even hinting at this necessary step.- Getting a clean straight cut seems to be dependent on sufficient gate pressure, but you probably should not over-tighten the gate, because anything can break with enough force. So, it seems that the gate should be tightened as much as reasonable one-handed, but do not just wail on the gate crank with both hands at the same time.- After cutting the binding off of a book, it pays to separate the pages one-by-one before scanning, as you will probably find a page here and there still stuck together due to small variations in binding adhesive depth.- Be aware that with the 40lb shipping weight, returning this product might not be cheap. I didn't examine the return policy, but the product was not an Amazon Prime product, so it might not be a free return.Summary: 5 stars, excellent buy, excellent price, would definitely buy again.-pete

good

I am delighted with this cutter. My main use is cutting the binding off of books for use in a sheet-feed scanner. For this task, this cutter is outstanding, especially relative to the cost. If you set it up well, set your alignment fence right, clamp the paper in place, the leverage and sharpness of the cutting arm is incredible. On one smaller book I actually kept pressing, not realizing the book had been cut. I hardly felt the resistance. I regularly cut books that are .75-1.0 inches thick with no problems at all. I can't yet comment on durability, but the cutter feels very heavy and solid, everything handles firmly and it feels very sturdy. If you want to cut thick stacks, this is a great cutter for that.

I use this to cut the edges off journals to give them straight edges... It works well for that purpose. The blade is square with the grid but not the back stop, but that's okay because the back stop is adjustable. The measurements on the grid are off by about 1/32 so I have to account for that when I set the paper alignment thing. The model I received is slightly different from the pictures, namely the plastic dinner guard and the knob to fasten the plastic alignment thing.

This paper cutter amazingly cuts through thick stacks of paper! The measurements were 1/16" off, which adds a little headache in measuring for cutting.

Well worth the price!