Handle placement severely limits usefulness

I bought this board to have a second for working on multiple projects at once. Overall the board is sturdy, clips are okay but I'll remove them soon as I considered clips on drawing boards to be in the way. My gripe with this board is the location of the cut out handle. It is located in the middle of the short side so when the board is used with 18x24 paper part of the sheet is unsupported & difficult to draw on. I consider this poor placement as it out limits the size & type of drawing that can be done on the board. In photo this board is in the foreground while my old board is behind. I much prefer my old board

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