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Removing PE from the tree

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 30, 2005 6:05 PM
Whenever I cut PE I put it in a clear plastic bag on my cutting mat and when I cut it there is no problem with flying parts and it won;t stick to the bag. You can use the bag many times before you have to replace it,

Richard
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Posted by saltydog on Sunday, January 30, 2005 1:50 PM
i do the chisel tip deal as styrene mentioned, never had a problem. good luck. later.
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Posted by Model Grandpa on Sunday, January 30, 2005 12:02 AM
Here is my PE cutting set-up. A piece of scrap white ¼” Plexiglas as a cutting board, a small piece of clear Plexiglas to hold the PE in place and a hobby knife with a curved #18 blade. I use a rolling motion when I cut the piece using the clear Plexiglas as a guide and have never broken a blade. I can cut 1/72 scale PE parts using this technique.


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Posted by Tankmaster7 on Saturday, January 29, 2005 8:38 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Ali1kj

Try here....problem solved

http://www.thesmallshop.com/prod06.htm

Looks simple..is simple but works just great

AJ


That is exactly what I use. It works very well. As for blades breaking, it is true. that is why I went to Michael's and picked up a set of 15, that's right 15, #11 blades.
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Posted by shroomy on Saturday, January 29, 2005 11:26 AM
what about a small wooden cheese board or something similar never tried it but its an idea :)
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Posted by brain44 on Saturday, January 29, 2005 10:55 AM
All,

I have found that the semi-hard plastic cutting mats that my wife uses in her crafting are perfect for this. Not hard enough to break a blade, but won't allow the PE to bend, either. Fairly inexpensive and available at Michael's, Craft Warehouse, etc.

Brian
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Posted by Ali1kj on Friday, January 21, 2005 4:46 AM
Hi,,,,I would NEVER use a hard surface,,,,blades break !! and have in the past stabbed myself due to that....do not use green cutting mats...you need somthing inbetween...JMO

AJ
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Posted by styrene on Thursday, January 20, 2005 4:14 PM
A.J. has the right idea, but you don't have to buy anything. As long as you have something HARD to put your PE fret on: tile, metal, formica, etc. you won't have problems with the fret bending. You're smart putting a piece of tape over the piece to keep it from flying away!
One other suggestion would be to get a chisel-tip blade for your X-acto handle. Makes cutting that much easier.

Good luck
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Posted by Ali1kj on Thursday, January 20, 2005 1:24 PM
Try here....problem solved

http://www.thesmallshop.com/prod06.htm

Looks simple..is simple but works just great

AJ
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  • From: Charlotte
Removing PE from the tree
Posted by Daprophet on Thursday, January 20, 2005 1:15 PM
Hey everyone, have a question about removing photo etch from the tree. I have the Xuron metal cutters (supposed to work well with PE) but I have found they are much to large to cut most of the parts off. So, what I have been doing is putting a small piece of tape over the part to be removed, and putting the tree flat on my desk and cutting them off with an exacto. The issue I am having, is sometimes when I remove a part, the part and or the whole tree will get a bend at the pressure point of the blade. How can this be prevented? It isnt really hard to correct on larger pieces, but I would HATE to try this method on something like ship rails.

Thanks in advance everyone!

Dave
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