Made in the usa the ezgrip mover for horse stall mats is as durable as it is effective.
Best tool for cutting stall mats.
But what really is the best method to cut stall mats.
The 450 1 artist elite features a 40 board capable of cutting full 32 x 40 sheets of standard thickness matboard a hinged guardrail a mat guide for border widths from 3 4 to 5 1 2 and a heavy duty pull style bevel cutter with anti crawl pin.
Reading forums people recommend everything from a skill saw to a electric meat cutting knife.
Cutting the horse stall mats by hand.
The large tooth design guarantees that the ezgrip will not slip even on old or wet rubber horse stall mats.
Before you begin cut your mat board to the size of your frame.
If you re attempting to cut interlocking sectional mats put them together first to help them stay put.
Be sure to smooth these out before you proceed.
Once you ve measured out where your cuts need to be and drawn your lines take a standard box cutter or similar blade and just start making small cuts into the rubber.
These blades literally cut the mat like butter compared to all other options.
The hard part is supporting the mat high enough to provide room for the blade to work.
Unfold or unroll the mat and stretch it out over the floor of your work area.
As a result manufacturing this type of cutting mat requires more time yet the end quality is much higher.
I ended up using this festool 493656 s 155 w foam cutting jigsaw blade 6 inch 3 pack.
Thinner mats may bunch up in spots and create wrinkles or bumps.
Use an x acto knife and a metal ruler to cut through the mat board.
The cutting mat has 15 thin layers of a self healing material placed one over another when the previous thickness of material has been stabilized.
Lay the mat out flat.
Measure the reveal area you want around.
The ezgrip ezg 01 mat mover is the original specially designed tool for moving heavy rubber stall mats.
I covered 4 of 6 stalls with mats as described above.
These cutting mats are heavier compared to the other models.