• Before installing the test pen, make sure the pen will write by scribbling on scrap paper. Note that you will
probably need to remove a tiny bit of wax on the end of the pen nib. Then follow these steps:
Loosen the screw on the blade holder seat.
Insert the blade holder allowing it to freely rest on top of the paper.
Before tightening the front screw, raise the test pen up a little bit (~ 1/8” or several mm). You don’t want
the pen still touching the paper but you also don’t want the pen too high above the paper either.
Tighten the front screw to lock in the test pen. Be careful not to push down on the blade holder seat
while tightening.
• Use any of the horizontal markings at the front of the Skycut to align the mat so that it’s straight. Lift the
pinch lever to drop the pinch wheels onto the cutting mat. Most of the mat and the paper should now be
behind the cutter, not in the front:
• The arrow keys on the Skycut’s control panel will always be used to set the origin for cutting:
Click on the arrows to move the head left or right and the mat in and out. The goal is to have the tip of
the pen close to the lower right corner of the paper:
IMPORTANT! This is NOT the recommended method for loading the blade holder into the cutter.
This is presented as a quick way to insert the test pen so that it is in a good position for drawing.
The instructions for inserting the blade holder and setting a blade distance above the material will
be covered in Section 2.01.3.
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