45 ° cutter for passepartout

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the cutter was designed to make cuts at 45 degrees for the creation of passepartout to be applied to photographs or prints when they are exposed in a frame.
I printed the main body of the cutter in pla, while the support for the blade and the wheel and its supports are printed in petg for greater mechanical resistance to stress. Despite this is only an indication I renamed the 2 stl files indicating which is to be printed in pla and which in petg.
to assemble the pieces after printing you need:
1 countersunk screw 3mm x 20mm with relative nut
2 countersunk head screws 3mm x 10mm
interchangeable blade with 45 degree profile purchased on amazon OLFA ARMCB-1 bought on amazon
High precision printing is recommended so that all components fit together well.
assembly after printing:
1- press the countersunk head of the 3mm x 20mm screw into the recess of the blade holder. to prevent the vacuum rotation I designed the slightly smaller recess so it will take a bit of force to press and in case the help of pliers
2-insert the blade making it match the molded part and press it slightly to fit it
3-press the nut into the shaped hole of the wheel
4-screw the wheel with the nut onto the screw inserted in point 1
5-insert the wheel supports by means of the molded pin, making sure that it has been screwed up to align with the 2 thin channels.
6- fix the wheel supports with the 2 screws 3mm x 10mm taking care to fit the wheel into the supports
7- if by tightening the screw of the supports the wheel comes out of the small guide of the supports loosen the 2 screws of the supports and start again from point 5