Not a Blade Guide, It’s a “KNIFE GUIDE”
Kennesaw, Georgia—Ok, Ok, I know what you’re thinking: “What’s the difference between a Blade Guide and a Knife Guide?” According to Saw Trax Mfg. Inc., they have come out with the first hand-held knife guide system, and the differences can bite you—quite literally.
With a blade guide, alignment occurs when the blade is forced against the guide while cutting. If too much force is used, the blade jumps the guide and can slice into the user. If too little force is used, the blade wanders from the guide, ruins the cut and wastes material.
With a knife guide, the knife tracks on the guide, independent of the blade. This makes it more productive because you don’t have wasted material from blade wander. It is faster because you don’t have to worry how much side force to use while making your cut. It’s safer because you will not get sliced from the blade jumping the guide.
The Guardian Knife Guide is a hand held knife guide system from Saw Trax. Tracy McGraw, a Saw Trax spokesperson says, “It can make many of the knife cuts the more expensive vertical fixed systems can do plus some things they can’t do like cut out a star shape. It is great for trimming prints. Multiple score cuts can be made to make a cut when one cut ‘won’t cut it.’”
The Guardian system consists of an OLFA knife using a segmented blade, an attached stainless steel bracket and an aluminum guide track. The guide track has a lip that lets the user know where the blade will cut for quick alignment. It has a tab to keep the users fingers away from the travel of the steel bracket. Lastly, the guide track has a rubber pad on the bottom to prevent it from slipping during a cut.
For a streaming video link, check out www.sawtrax.com/video/3g.wmv.
For more information on the “Guardian Knife Guide” call Tracy McGraw at 888/729-8729 or visit www.sawtrax.com.
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