1700E Desktop Stack Paper Cutter

This thing cuts through thick stacks of paper, and even entire bound books, like a hot knife through butter. But almost nothing I cut seems to turn out the right size, even when I carefully makes sure that the measurement bar lines up properly with the printed-on grid. Everything seems to either be an eighth of an inch too long or an eighth of an inch too short. Then there is the grease problem. Even after a month, it still leaves grease on everything. I need to wipe it down before use and place scrap paper on the top and bottom of my cutting pile to avoid getting grease on important items. *UPDATE* - removed 1 star; gave up on it after 6 months Adjusting this cutter turned out to be too much hassle. It took me several weeks to finally get it to work the way I wanted, only to realize about two months later that the measurements had somehow slowly drifted off by about a millimeter and that the cuts were no longer straight. Also, no matter how hard I tried to press down the paper with the adjusted lever/bar thing, it kept shifting when I pressed down the cutter, leading the crumpling at the top of my paper. The red safety knob also fell off at least once every 8 cuts, and one time when it fell off the little spring in it finally got lost, and the ones I bought at the hardware store to replace it did not seem to work as well. Finally, when a brand new blade got chipped during merely replacing the blade because stuff inside the cutting head kept moving about and falling off their nobs & whatnot during the process, I finally gave up and bought a new cutter. The new cutter is from a no-name brand and cost less than half the price of this one, yet it came pre-assembled and worked out of the box with no work on my part. I literally just put it on the table and began cutting within 90 seconds; I'm not even joking; and the cuts were exactly precise. It feels weird to abandon such an expensive cutter -- it is just sitting on the floor of my workshop -- but right now I feel like I could not have made a better decision.

The product is a good product. This is the exact cutter we had before, it was good so we chose to get the exact same thing.

I'm a screen printer and am always cutting down stacks of paper to various sizes. I used to cut each sheet one by one, but decided to get this cutter to save time and energy. If you need precise cuts to specific measurements like I do, DO NOT get this cutter...it is not worth the expensive price! I totally thought I would be getting a great product for my needs with that price tag, but found that there are too many problems. Here's a list: 1) The cutter is extremely greasy. Even after several cuts, I still find random grease stains on my paper. 2) The ruler on top is 1/16" off due to the blade, so you need to adjust your measurements to compensate for that. 3) Does not cut big stacks of paper without a fanned diagonal cut. I cut card stock mainly and can only cut about 6 sheets at a time. 4) The clamp does not start at the very top, so you can't line your paper at the top ruler without the clamp creasing your paper. 5) The clamp isn't strong enough. My 6 sheet stack still shifts when cutting. I need to register colors in my work, so am extremely disappointed in the inaccuracy of this cutter. If all you need to do is cut stacks of paper without exact measurements, then this might be fine for you. The only good thing is that it's very heavy duty...unfortunately, would cost a fortune to ship back and return!

Don't settle for a lesser model just to save a few dollars. It is not the most expensive but just might be the best. Simple to operate and pretty accurate. The crank clamp is one of the main resasons I chose this model and it was a good decision. Cranks right down and holds everything in place. This is a beautiful thing. It has already paid for itslef in labor and cut charges.

This is a very good, but not flawless, paper cutter that we can recommend for cutting up stack of paper, including perfect-bound and saddle-stitched magazines. We purchased the QCM-8200M (12-inch) cutter in February 2011 specifically to work on a project where we were cutting up hundreds (nearly 1,000) magazines in order to scan them. We believe that these comments below would also apply to other QCM paper cutters of the same design. The cutter was heavier than expected. We had planned to keep it on a shelf and take it out only when needed, but ended up keeping it on a dedicated counter. At over 40 pounds, it was too heavy (and unwieldy) to keep moving, or to lift high enough to place on a shelf safely. For cutting, the process is easy: Place the magazine carefully into the cutter, spin the wheel to lock it into place, and slice by pulling down the arm. We used tape to mark the correct position for perfect-bound magazines, so we could slice off the binding and glue, while removing as little of the live matter as possible. Two problems. First, if we placed the magazines all the way forward against the back stop, and then locked it in place, the pages would slide and distort while slicing. Not good. We learned that we needed to stop the magazine from touching the back stop; we generally kept it about an inch back. We are not sure why this happens. The other problem is that with saddle-stitched magazines, there are staples. The cutter would slice effortlessly through the staples, but doing so nicked the blade. Frankly, we didn’t notice for a while, after which damage had been done; cuts aren’t as clean as they used to be. We then tried removing the staples with a staple remover, but then it became difficult to position the now-unbound magazine sheets properly. Ultimately, we chose to stop using the paper cutter on saddle-stitched magazines altogether. Instead, we removed the staples, folded the pages back and forth a few times, and then carefully tore the pages along the saddle seam. Overall, we are happy with the paper cutter. We are about 2/3 of the way through the project, and although we’re only using the cutter for perfect-bound magazines, it does a great job. NOTE: The blade is SHARP. We have nightmares about having children come anywhere near this paper cutter. There are lots of safety features that would help prevent accidents, and this design, with a shrouded blade, is clearly safer than a traditional cutter with a swinging blade. But still. Be careful!