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quilt pads, not what you think
Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 3, 2004 7:15 AM
OK, there was a site or a post here (don't remember) where people were showing their benches. I saw several pads that were over people's work areas. I was recently strolling through the craft/ sewing area of Walmart and saw the same dang thing. It was for quilting (hate to hit yer manhood on this one, guys) the thing was awesome. It had reference measurements on it. It was like a cutting board, but it had a ruler printed on it. Unfortunately, it only had inch and cm measurements on it. Has anyone seen one with mm? If you know me, you know I hate fractions and prefer metric, but I need one with mm's on it. Does anyone know what I'm talking about and have you seen one with mm scale on it?
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 3, 2004 11:52 AM
you can probably find a european one or maybe a canadian one?
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Posted by renarts on Saturday, January 3, 2004 1:28 PM
slim,

They're self healing cutting boards. My wife has a couple in her sewing room. Graphic artists (old school, not computer jockeys) used to use them for doing "cut & paste" work. So you can find the same thing in a place that sells art supplies. You can try places llike Office Depot, Koenigs, Staples, etc.

Because the measurement scales are screenprinted on, and the surface is a difficult one to print on, mm is too fine a scale to try and print. In most cases the scaling on some of these cutting boards can be as heavy as a a couple of mm just becuase of ink bleed or ink gain from printing.

Though there may be a brand out there that has mm, I wouldn't put too much reliance on how accurate the scale is. Your best bet would probobly be to buy one of the cutting boards and keep a good, etched or machined metal scale handy. You can use it for other things and the machine or etched scales are pretty accurate.

Mike
Mike "Imagination is the dye that colors our lives" Marcus Aurellius A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 3, 2004 3:18 PM
I know me and my Wife used to share her cutting mat.

Recently Wave in Japan released this:

http://www.hlj.com/scripts/hljpage.cgi?WAVHT-091

Good points:
1) mm & cm markings (no imperial markings though)
2) circle diameters (5mm ~ 50mm in 5mm increments)
3) Ankle indicators from 0~180 with 30, 45, 60, 90, 120 135, 150 premarked.
4) Grid markers for 1, 2, 3, 5 mm grids

Nothing really special I have seen tons of similar cutting mats in the arts supply section, sizes up to A1.
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 6, 2004 9:14 PM
Any idea how to order from Wave outside of Japan?

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 6, 2004 9:22 PM
Your best bet will be to order either via Hobbby Link Japan or Rainbow 10.

Wave like most japanese companies don't deal directly with people from outside of japan, the few that did got burned badly(Fewture, Kaiyodo, Volks, etc.)

Also most japanese companies don't have english speakers, nor a system in place to handle overseas payments(most of them are a LOT smaller than you would think).
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