Originally Posted by
Jan in VA
It sounds to me like you might be pressing *very* hard as you cut.
That's a good point...a lot of downward pressure shouldn't really be necessary.
I used to really shove on my cutter and hold it with a death grip until I read a tip somewhere (here, maybe? Or a magazine or some other site, I don't remember) that said to push FORWARD on the cutter, not down. Once I started thinking of it that way I started using less pressure and it works great. I cut through lots of layers at a time but now I push FORWARD and not down and I still get through all of my layers and I notice I hold the cutter looser too. This means less hand fatigue which translates to more cuts I can do in one go.