Mophorn 12 Inch Heavy Duty A4 Paper Cutter - 300 Sheet Capacity, 45HRC Hardness, Commercial Metal Base Desktop Stack Cutter for Office, School, Crafting & Home Use - Perfect for Cutting Cardstock, Photos & Documents

First let me say this cutter is the 858 "Perfect/Stack Brand" S12 paper cutter that is sold else where. For some reason the branding that indicates the name isn't present but clearly the cutter is the same and even the flyer/instructions sheet that comes with it states the name as "Perfect A4 Stack Cutter" (A4 being letter sized). At first I thought it would be cheaper knock-off. But after handling it for a while I'm more certain that this was a unbranded over-produced run or possibly a quality control reject that kept it from being sold as a Perfect/Stack Brand, though it's possible that this is a return/remanufactured unit.First my biggest concern and the biggest bug bear. Alignment of the back guide fence. And just as I had suspected my unit was misaligned. I had accounted for this and knew I was probably going to have to do some minor modifications to realign it. Turns out all it takes is a 10mm wrench and some patience. If you turn the unit over on its side you can see the bolts that hold the guide fence. By loosening them and adjusting the fence ever so slightly you should be able to realign it. Note that its never going to be completely straight because the act of it being a manual loading cutter, but you can with time and patience you can get it to near perfect alignment that can satisfy your needs.Just as other people had stated there is a crap ton of grease EVERYWHERE. One of the first things you should do is bust out the paper towels and start cleaning it up. It's in every nook and cranny. I realize that the purpose of the grease is so that when in storage it doesn't rust, but the amount I removed was a bit in excess.I also found the draw of cutter handle seemed a bit stiff than was necessary. I'm a big guy but I can see if a smaller person could possibly having problems pulling down the handle. But for those that like a lighter draw you can open the side panel after removing the black thumb screws(2 on top, 2 on bottom) I was able to find the over tightened bolts. You don't want to over tightened and you don't want to under tighten the bolt because it could lead to sloppy cutting. Also the handle wasn't assembled when I got it out of the box. It just slides on with no fasteners and if needed It is possible to find a longer pipe to use as a handle to give the user move leverage allowing a easier draw. Though make certain that the table and cutter unit doesn't tip and fall overNext gripe Is the blade itself. As I was examining the blade and noticed that it wasn't super sharp like I was expecting. It was fairly dull, I'm not sure if this was a wore blade or it wasn't finely sharpened. To be honest I was expecting it slice my finger off since I use a cutter at work and the blade on that one was razor sharp. But not to worry as even with the state of the blade "as is" it was enough to cut a phone book in half with a clean and smooth cut. If you wanted a razor sharp edge you could take it off and have it sharpened either yourself or take it to a local shop.Below that blade is the red cutting pad. To remove it you need to loosen the thumb screws on the bottom of the unit and left it out. Only problem is this pad is hard to pull out without a screw driver to pry it out. Please watch your fingers when removing the pad. Small modifications would make it easier to pull out and turn the pad. Also after cutting a bit (~250 cuts) the cutting pad finally needed to be rolled over. Though I probably did put too much strength in my cuts, which resorted in wearing the pad more than necessary. But since the pad can be rolled over a total of 8 times (~1000-3000 cuts maybe more) I don't find it to be a negative thing.The overall appearance is rather nice. It definitely looks like a expensive piece of industrial equipment. In the picture you see nickle plated parts, on the one I received it was painted gray. The surface was painted with a high gloss, now what means is it's going to be a finger smudge magnet. This was done so the paper your working on slides easily across the surface, but for some this could be an annoyance that I feel should be mentioned. The surface itself isn't perfectly smooth. It does have a few imperfections but none that clearly stands out and can only be seen if your get right down and examine it with a magnifying glass. Finally this dang thing is heavy. At 40 pounds this thing isn't something you can move around much, so make some room for it. It is fairly large and for some with limited work space it's going to be a pain to pull out and put away again.Below I have found some videos to help with maintenance and setup of your unit. Again the one shown is in fact the same thing. Look on youtube since amazon doesnt allow outside links.9NHRwyzaByYGv4hWjnMOH46Sf0CYtFsDIIf your looking for parts it actually should be fairly easy since majority of the time your going to be looking for "Perfect/Stack Brand" S12 model. If it can work for S12 model it should be compatible with this unit.Bought a balance beam type of magnetic ruler and got much better acccuracy. Without it, it was a bit difficult. But still love it especially for the price.I have a small business card printing company and this has drastically sped up my cutting time from one sheet at a time to cutting 40 sheets at a time no problems. I do however have to warm some of you that the instructions are as close to useless as possible. Also the grid has cm on top and inches on the bottom. This doesn't seem like a big deal. Except for when you try to put on the stop (the green plastic peice) to be able to mark how far the cut is. Then you are forced to only rely on the top or bottom section to make sure it's laid out strait. So that part is slightly sketchy. Speaking of the stopper. The magnets are nowhere near strong enough to rely on and it moves the second you touch your paper to it. I went and got an adhesive magnet sheet and stuck it to the bottom of the stoper and that works better. Lastly the cutter comes with a bunch of allen wrenches. Just keep in mind you need a Phillips screwdriver to install the blade assembly to the bottom portion keep that in mind. Even with all those minor annoying things it does what I needed it to do.This paper cutter is a heavy duty beast! I bought it to cut stacks of crack and peal labels so I could order them 4 up and cut them myself. The cost of the cutter paid for itself with my first order and it cut the material like butter. Very accurate and straight cutting.I purchased to cut single sheet cardboard in 4 inch squares. The first 100 cuts worked well. The cutter will now not thoroughly cut thru the single sheet.It was nice while it lasted. Only about 30 days. Instructions were not helpful at all. Blade dulled way too quickly.I was a little hesitant to order this, since there were some negative comments about it, but it works much more easily than I expected. There's a YouTube video of someone using one of these (it seems to be this brand and model) and the user struggles mightily with it, so we expected to have to apply much more force to cut through a stack of paper, but that didn't turn out to be the case.Ours arrived with a slightly cracked safety shield, but it's only a cosmetic issue. The shield is fully functional.This is a great bargain compared to other paper cutters of this size and capacity.Update: I managed to break one of its bearings by abusing it. Bouncing with my full weight on the handle to cut through an oddly tough stack of paper is just a bit more than it was designed for. (Paper varies a great deal in its resistance to being cut. Only one large stack of over one thousand stacks I've cut gave me this much trouble. I should have divided it into smaller stacks.) Fortunately, Amazon carries the bearing (Was looking for a reasonably prices device to cut the backs of a bunch of magazines in order to scan them, and found this one. It's about a fourth of the price of competing devices so I was a little suspicious. But when it arrived and I unpacked it and mounted the handle everything went very smooth. I have probably cut about 600 magazines with it without any problems. I have cut both individual magazines and full stacks (about 5 cm), the blade just sinks through them. If you're looking for dead on precision this may not be your first choice, but if you're only cutting one magazine (or stack of paper etc) at a time you will get quite good precision out of this one as well.Love it. No excess oil on mine and no blunt blade. Worked great straight out of the box. Would recommend.This is my third cutter. It is not works properly. As you see the photo, it cuts obliquely. Sorry for this feedback, but I absolutely unsatisfied.The worst guillotine I have used. It works very very bad does not cut properly, avoid avoid avoid