a trio of grumpy cats!

i have another spiral blade portrait ive been pickin away at for some time now. but kept putting it up as i was having problems with the clamps holding tbe blades. blades kept poppin out of bottom clamp. blades were also breaking like crazy. difficult cutting,too. i couldnt figure out tbe problem.
welp, i wanted to do grumpy cat today so figgered id trudge through and see if maybe i can figure out tbe problem with my excaliber. about halfway tbrough scrolling grumpy cats,i stopped for a minute then it hit me:check to see if upper arm js parallel with the table.
NOPE. 1/4” off! got that straight and i was in heaven!! blades clamped right up and she was cutting awesome! cut my time waaaaay down!

think ill be breaking out the other portrait tomorrow.