I was looking forward to having a pretty new cutter. I had used the same one since the eighties! New blades of course ;-). This was a colossal disappointment. It skips, shreds and tears the fabric. I’m not as strong as I was thirty years ago but this is ridiculous. I literally have to “saw” to get it to cut. So disappointed ☹️ Oh….and it seemed to take several weeks to receive…just saying