Don't precision yourself to madness.

In this digital world, we all use the dear old ruler less and less. Consequently, many are feeling uncertain of working with fractions. It, however, is a requirement in art marketing.

We encourage you to work with eighths of an inch or larger increments. Although we are capable of cutting with greater than 1/8th inch precision, we have found that it causes difficulty for our customers. First, math gets more difficult when you use sixteenths and thirty-seconds. More importantly, greater precision severely hampers your production speed. It is very tedious to manually mount mats, prints and backs with 1/16th precision. Assembly of the first item is easy, the 100th item is difficult, the 1000th item is a test of your sanity.

The fractions are easy once you get used to them. Simply put, there are eight 8ths to an inch, four 4ths to an inch and two 1/2's. If you are not sure which mark or line is which, simply count the number in an inch. If there are eight, each mark is 1/8 inch, etc.. Although not required, if you have 2/8ths, it is usually expressed as 1/4", 4/8ths is 2/4's which is normally expressed as 1/2". If you have 6/8's it is usually expressed as 3/4's.

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