Bullman A50036 Steel Blade Roll Cutter for Up to 9 Diameter Roll, Widths to 36 2 pcs

I wish I could delete the bad reviews from people who bought this product not knowing what it was....sheesh. Think of this as a paper dispenser or a roll paper holder. It is does exactly what it supposed to do and is a well made, sturdy piece of equipment. I am back after using one at my office for 4 years to buy another for myself. It holds the 1000ft rolls of art paper (bulletin board paper) and I'm looking at getting one for myself for wrapping paper.The fact that this also assists in the tearing of paper is a bonus. The bar that goes across the roll holds the paper in place and also gives you a tension mounted straight edge along which to tear your paper. This is how art paper, butcher paper, bulletin board paper, etc has been used in schools and businesses for years. There is no "serrated edge" that someone whined about. It's not a blade. It's a straight edge. If you want a perfect cut, use a pair of scissors. This holder keeps your paper in a convenient contraption, allows you to pull off as much paper as you need, tear it off in one piece, and keeps the roll from unrolling. It's perfectly made. The little rubber feet on the bottom keep it from slipping or sliding on the table or countertop you're working from.The key to a perfect tear is tension. Hold both corners of the piece you are tearing. Put stiff tension on one corner and begin to move the paper against the tension bar, either up or down (depending on how your roll is on the rack. I prefer to have it coming over the top so I can tear by lifting up against the tension bar). Once it begins to cut, maintain motion and tension on the corner you are tearing and pull it all the way across the bar. You'll get a perfect tear every time. Ideal sizes of paper that are easy for tearing are between 2-6 feet long. Once you master the tension though, you can do it at much further distances. This will create a tear in the paper similar to folding it in half and then tearing it along the edge of a table. It's clean and precise.Don't let the bad reviews deter you. This is a great paper holder. It can mounted on a wall or can sit on a surface. I've used the 1000ft rolls on it for 4 years and haven't had any issues (and those dudes are HEAVY). I wouldn't recommend it with a really really heavy paper. The thickest brown butcher paper I could find still works but anything thicker than that might be tricky. I also wouldn't recommend a cheap wrapping paper if you are purchasing it for that reason. The nice quality wrapping papers are perfect because they have some substance to them. The super cheap, sort of transparent because they are so thin, and tear if you look at them wrong papers would not work well on this.

We bought this for a classroom. It worked perfectly. Many have asked about mounting it on a wall, which was the way we intended to use it.It has mounting holes just for that purpose and has no trouble supporting the weight of the paper roll.It obviously needs to be mounted into the studs of a wall, or properly anchored into a cement block wall.The only issue we had is the mounting holes are not spaced 16 inches apart that is needed to catch 2 studs. With that in mind you must drill 2 holes to properly mount into 2 studs. You will have to supply your own lag screws. Easy install.

I use this paper cutter almost every day and you'll probably never guess why. I have an umbrella cockatoo who's cage needs changing every day. Instead of buying expensive pre-cut papers from some pet supply house, I just go to my garage and quickly and easily cut off a couple of pieces of brown butcher paper and whoola, I'm done! I love it and will never use anything else. I have had this for well over a year now and am as happy today as the first day.

An ok product. I didn't notice (and this isn't the product's fault, I'm just pointing it out for future users...) that many rolls of wrapping paper are wider than 36" So, if you're using this for gift wrap like you see at those charity gift wrapping booths at the mall, make a note of the size of your gift wrap rolls. We had a few that were 36" but most of ours were larger. Anyway, this isn't exactly easy to use. Unless you have very large (as in a ton of it on the roll) rolls of gift wrap, the cutter won't come anywhere near the "blade." We had rolls of wrapping paper that were 36" wide and only had 50-100 sq ft of paper on them. Its really hard to use this cutter for those--it can be done. You need to hold the roll of paper up against the cutter, being careful not to move it or your paper will rip. Also, the blade is not sharp at all. As a result, you have to really practice or you'll just rip the wrapping paper. I think these are made more for butcher shop heavy brown type paper, or heavy craft construction paper. These papers won't rip easily and thus would work great with this cutter. Cheap rolls of gift wrap are very thin and are somewhat challenging to cut with this cutter. I've contemplated taking a grinder to the blade to try to sharpen it up a bit...but I'm worried that I could ruin it vs. make it easier to use with thinner paper.

I bought this for my shop so I could create instant clean surfaces when needed by simply tearing of a section of paper and placing it over a surface. These surfaces are also great because you can write in them. I was concerned before I purchased it because of the reviews saying it couldn't cleanly tear the paper without sharpening the blade. I installed the cutter on a wall with the blade superior to the roll of paper and have no problems achieving clean paper cuts. I can see that it may not work as well if mounted to a table top instead.

Pro: Works as stated.Con: no directions on how to close the unitFor those who want to use the cutter on a part-time basis, this works for the Bulman a1, a2 & A3 series:To close the device: 1. Find the pinhole on the unit's side below the pivot head. Push in the pin with a small blunt object until the pin clears the hole and the legs will close.Alternately, push the side of the inner leg of the crossbar until the pin head clears the pinhole and the crossbars will close.Repeat on the other side if needed.Hope this helps.

I bought this for my wife to use for her new wrapping paper table. I don't know why we needed a table in a room dedicated to wrapping presents but if you have a similar pinterest view of things then I am sure you will like it. It can get a bit heavy if you put a big roll of paper in but the product seems heavy duty and should last a lifetime. Since it is used for wrapping presents then the larger width is must but you may be able to go smaller depending on your needs because the thing is pretty big.