The GBC Classicut CL310 is a traditional guillotine style paper cutter that is designed for home office or small office use.It is designed for trimming everything from tissue paper to foamboard, matboard to cardboard.
Overview:
The GBC Classicut CL310 is a traditional guillotine style paper cutter that is designed for home office or small office use.
It
has a 15 inch cutting blade for cutting longer materials and has a 12
inch wide cutting table to help you easily handle your documents.
It is designed for trimming everything from tissue paper to foamboard, matboard to cardboard.
Features / Strength:
The
CL310 has a nice 15" long cutting blade that is ideal for cutting lager
papers. It is great for scrapbooking since it can easily handle the 12"
x 12" scrapbook papers and is also very precise. It is a popular choice
for crafters, scrapbookers and small organizations.
The CL310
has several important safety features that are essential for a
guillotine style paper cutter. It has a latch to keep the blade locked
in the down position when it is not in use. It also has a tensioned
spring mechanism that prevents the blade from falling when it is raised
in the upright position. Finally, it has a purple metal finger guard
that will help to prevent you from accidently sliding your fingers
under the blade during the cutting process.
The Classicut 310
has convenient measurements on the cutting table to help you line up
your documents. The measurements are set approximately 3 inches down
from the top of the cutter to help you keep your cuts more accurate and
it also has convenient lines on the cut table to help you align your
documents. The measurements on the CL 310 are in both metric and
imperial so that you can cut based upon centimeters or inches depending
on your preference.
The blade on the CL310 can be both
sharpened and replaced. This means that if you find that the blade is
getting dull you can simply take it to a local sharpening company and
they can renew it for you. After you have sharpened your blade a few
times or if it becomes nicked or chipped you will need to replace it.
Replacement blades are available and cost considerably less than buying
a new paper cutter.
Weaknesses / Limitations:
The
CL310 does include several important safety features that are necessary
for a guillotine cutter. However, there are a couple of safety concerns
that I noted with this machine. Notably, the finger guard is placed
almost a half inch away from the cutting blade. This means that it is
possible to insert your fingers from the blade side of the cutter and
still do substantial damage. If you are careful this shouldn't be a
huge concern. However, it is something to be aware of.
The
CL310 does not have a paper clamp or a backstop to help you align the
paper. This means that you need to hold your paper in place during
cutting and that you have to visually align the paper each time you go
to cut a new stack. This makes any type of volume cutting or precision
cutting work very tedious. Some larger guillotine cutters have these
features and might be better suited for organizations that do a lot of
cutting.
Overall, the construction of the CL310 is good.
However, the cutting base is made of chipboard and the quality of the
blade is not nearly what you would find on a comparable trimmer from
the Ingento line of maple trimmers. The Ingento maple trimmers have
solid maple cutting bases, are heavier and use higher quality blades
and metal components.
Recommendation:
This
cutter is ideal for scrapbooking, creating craft projects and for use
with other light volume applications. In fact, my wife owns one and
uses it for creating her scrapbooks.
It is not ideal for high
volume trimming and prevents some safety concerns in an office
environment where liability may be a concern. Additionally, the
construction is not as durable and is not designed to hold up to volume
applications or for use in a school setting.
This review was written by Jeff McRitchie who is the director of marketing for Mybinding.com
Jeff has written more than three hundred articles and more than two
hundred reviews on Binding Machines, Binding Supplies, Report Covers,
3-Ring Binders, Index Tabs, Laminators, Laminating Supplies, Paper
Shredders and Paper Handling Equipment.
