Also a good tip. I have been sliding bottom-to-top, too....but that isn't as instinctive for most folks.

CraftTestDummies reviews on Amazon say the blade wears out very quickly. That might be from that problem you were having with the cutter actually cutting through the plastic. Do you still recommend?

Jenny Apple I have this board and I actually have no problem most of the time. I bought a different bone folder because I did not like the one they have with it. all in all I personally can't complain. just know that there will always be products that slip by quality control that do not meet company standards. it's about 10-15% of what's made in a day that make it to packing and shipping that may not have been at quality control standards.

Have to agree with Jenny here I'm afraid. I can not score a straight line. As I start one score, about half way down it comes out of the score line and misses. I thought maybe I was doing it to hard so obviously tried doing it light. No joy. I changed the bone tool to another one and the same happened. My hubby and son tried too to no avail. Really unhappy about the scoring. I won't start on cutting card on there as the measurements seem out and can't cut at an 1/8 measurement. Plus lots more but I've rambled on enough. All on all I'm Very disappointed with it and would NOT recommend this to anyone.

Deanna Clarice Nanez sure thing! I have one and will work on that after the holiday.

Maikho Ocampo yes, you can use it with typing paper.

Wright Blan yes and yes.

Mary- This is the one I bought to supplement my Fiskars Pro-Cision large rotary cutter. It does a nicer job with the small cuts. But I'm wondering if a guillotine-style might be the best?

CraftTestDummies Oh, that makes sense...I think I own every cutter they make out there and have purchased the more expensive ones at work and still nothing is that great. I've done Carl, Wescott, and the guillotine-style seem to end up bending the paper or just tearing it. I will definitely watch your channel to keep up to date (-: Thank you

Mary J I haven't tried every kind yet, but I've moved on from three Fiskars (including the Pro-Cision and the plastic guillotine style). I have found the 8 inch Tonic guillotine works well for small jobs and can slice off tiny slivers well, though I wish it was wide enough to measure 5 1/2 inches. I use a 15 inch Rotatrim Professional for accurate cuts on up to several sheets of cardstock and a 15 inch Premier StakCut Green Board Trimmer (guillotine) for up to 30 sheets of paper or several sheets of chipboard. The last two trimmers are not cheap, but I've wasted more than that on poor trimmers. I'm finally happy with these three for precision projects. I have the Stampin' Up trimmer handy to my main work area since it's light and works well enough for most card making. I recently got a Zutter Dream-Kuts that I am loving for card making. It will cut any sheet 12 inches or less exactly in half (plus 12 inch cardstock in thirds). I use it all the time to make A2 cards.

In the other hand I advise this tool strongly, I bought it about 4 months ago and I am completely in love with it, it is perfect and even though I bought it because I knew I would use it a lot, I never imagined I would use it as much as I do and that amazes me. It even cuts acetate! And about the centimeter measurements (I am also a cm user since I am Spanish living in Spain where noone uses inches either) being hardly noticeable, I advice you can do like I did, get a white or silver permanent marker (I used a silver Sharpie) and carefully mark the CM measurements with it so they can be seen. I have only highlighted the main measurements, I will tell you sin hope it helps you: -Mark the 14'85 cm line at the bottom (half an A4 marking or A5 lenght) and follow the 5 7/8" groove (the closest on to this measurement) to mark a tiny point in top of it. -Mark the 21 cm line at the bottom (width of an A4 paper), and a tiny mark on top of the 8 1/4", because it is the relative scoring groove), this is very handy when you need to cut an A3 in half (to get two A4s) or fold the A3 in half, -I also marked the 29'7 cm line to mark the length of an A4 paper as a reference This way you can mark whatever measurement you feel can be useful for the measurements you most use. I also had to start changing my mind about rejecting the use of imperial measurements (inches) and it took me just an hour of two to start understanding the way they work.. I was also amazed to find out how useful this was for me, I am still not too good at adding measurements with quarter or eights of inches, but precisely because in this scoring board the measurements are so clearly marked with its number on top, I have found a way to keep moving the measurements back from the scoring groove and this way I don't find any complications to add different inches measurements with cuarters and eights one to another. I have a video in english about making a trading cards box where I explain how I do that, since it is quite difficult to explain it only using text. With this Trim and score it is also very easy to make perfect envelopes without the need for an special envelope punch, I also explain my way in another video in english.

Manualideas Fancylooks i rubbed metal patina on it to accentuate, glad you like it, i still use it

Maaike Uijthoven That is a great idea! Glad you still use it because this is a very good tool! GREEEEEAAAATTTTTTT!

Maaike Uijthoven Great Idea!

You may want to switch trimmers. This one is just not very consistent. My favorite is the Fiskars Bypass ProCision. More expensive, but worth it for the true cuts. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gd-EmqWDkrqvqoU.html

For this, I agree. (Also with the Martha Stewart board.) I love the Fiskars trimmers the best, too.