Large mount, small window

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Catherine
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Large mount, small window

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Hi everyone. I’m working on one of those contemporary styles where you have a very small work sitting in the middle of a large expanse of mountboard. The issue is, the top stop on my Futura can’t deal with a border of more than 160mm. I’ve encountered this problem before and did a workaround that involved a bit of guesswork and “feel” but this is too risky with these very tiny windows I’m working with atm. Let me know if you have found a solution. Thank you!
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Re: Large mount, small window

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You can mark it on the back and use 0 on the stop.
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Thanks you pramsay13. Sounds like a more formalised version of the "feel" approach I was taking. I need to develop a bit more confidence in my "blade entry" skills as there's still a bit of a jump-back even though I've switch to the Tech-S blades.
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