custom die cut machine?
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how did you register?
I used to make a mountboard frame, like a window mount and from memory I think mine was three sided. That would be attached to the rearmost panel of wood (ie not the one with the cork and the die, the other piece) and my stock would be held in place by that to automatically register the stock to the diecutter.
The reason mine was three sided was becuase I was die-cutting my logo at the time into A4 covers... which were A3 sheets, so one side of the stock had to hang out of the window mount.
This was in about 1987 so I'm a bit rusty on the specifics and it really was a case of taking great care to do it by hand. Its not something you'd want to try for more than 50 copies. I would be cutting about 5 to 10 at a time depending on the stock.
Its got me thinking about it again and I think I might try and re-create it if I get some time, or at least draw it all as exploded technical diagrams / isometric views in Illustrator and stick it up on instructables for someone else to try.