8700M Desktop Stack Paper Cutter

This paper cutter works well for trimming non glossy, thick paper about 50 pages at a time. I stand beside the arm, so it descends from my right side across to my left side. This way I can easily reach the adjustable fence, slide the stack of paper under the knife, back it up against both fence guides, turn the clamp wheel with my left hand until it resists, then 3/4 or 1 full turn more. Then I unlock the blade handle with my right palm and lower the knife arm a bit beyond the lock, make a fist with my right hand and press my fist down on the paper stack for more clamping pressure, and drop the knife arm with my left hand. For paper longer than 8 or 9 inches, I cut more slowly, with steady even pressure. Let the knife work its way through the material without forcing anything. If I see wrinkling start due to the knife descending diagnally through the paper, I press more firmly with my right fist onto the paper and slow down the blade. It takes about 30 seconds per cycle. Glossy paper is tougher, so I do maybe 40 pages at a time or less, and also maintain the pressure a couple of seconds once the knife bottoms out, so the knife has time to get through every page cleanly. It is physical work, and I'm a big guy at 6 foot 5 inches, and use my weight to my advantage on everything from above the cutter downward. Smaller people who dont "manhandle" the cutter would be more challenged by the process. I don't need precise cuts, so others will have to advise you on that. But I can cut a ream of 500 pages of non-glossy 8 x 11 paper in 10 or 11 minutes.

Does it work? Yes, as in it cuts paper. Does it work well? No Is it worth the money? NO, there has to be a better brand out there. Problems: First of all it was assembled at the factory incorrectly. The safety latch was not properly installed and can not be fixed after assembly so it does not work. Second: do not trust the scale when cutting, it is not even close at over 1/8 inch off. Will I be able to make it work? Yes, but for the money they charged for this it should have worked correctly in the first place. Over all: This should NEVER had made it past the quality control department, showing that the company does not have one. Look at other options before thinking of purchasing this product.

We needed to cut lots of paper and with many cuts and found that this cutter shifted the stack just a little and that just doesnt work for our purpose. But it does cut a bunch of paper. We had to buy something else. Easy to operated

This cutter has saved us time and made our pieces look like they came from a professional printer. We love it!

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!

I originally bought the smaller 8200m because I didn't know about this one. I bought it refurbished and it came without a handle and had some other problems. I talked with Joe from tech support and he told me about some problems that were being reported with many of their refurbished models. He then offered to either return it or let me trade it in for some of their other models. I was pleased to hear that they had a larger model as it will give me more options for what I am able to cut. So far I have been very happy with using the cutter on large stacks of paper and I have been pleased that tech support really bends over backwards to get you set up right. Update: One thing I wanted to add is that it can be a little difficult to replace the cutting surface (the white bar where the blade cuts into.) I find that I have to pound on a screwdriver though the backside to get it dislodged. I can do it but they probably could have come up with an easier way to replace that part.

I ordered a refurbished mach it looks brand new and works perfect. I willl use these people again thank QCM