masking tape strip on my us cutter?

[godstrong1 2]

i have a MH721 uscutter and it has a white strip of masking tape on the cutter. were the blade points down to. it goes accross the cutter its peeling from one end and under the tape it has a plastic strip and some fuzzy stuff next to the plastic. what in the world is this for .do i peel the tape off ? is this there for a reason? please advise. thanks

[MZ SKEETER 4,709]

  just remove it,  It holds it down in place during transport,  make sure your cutting strip is down all the way across,

[deth502 39]

lol, this was my first question as soon as i unpacked mine as well.

i was told to remove the masking tape, which i did  

there is a cutter strip under the masking tape that you dont remove, so dont get too carried away ripping things off !!

[BannerJohn 1,324]

that fuzzy strip is for when you are cutting through things like card stock..so your blade will last longer.

[MrMopar64 47]

lol I didn't even have enough since to ask... I just pulled it off and have wondered up till now if I should have 

MM64

[MaderDesign 3]

I think thats the question everyone has. I'm surprised cutting companies don't put something on the cutter saying. 1. remove strip. 2. make sure head is in track. This would save a lot of questions.

Happy cutting.