cutting moulded plastic tools?

Cotten ??? ... no idea what this is all about .... maybe someone else has heard of this.

Razer Saw - now this I know ... it's a small saw blade that kinda looks like a mitre saw that attaches to a large hobby knife handle. It's made by companies like Exacto or Excel and has a thin blade. It can also be used with a mini mitre box. They are a little bulky for cutting fine detail though.

Trusty #11 Blade - this is probably one of the easiest and cheepest ways to cut something out. Instead of cutting with the knife edge, use the other side and draw the back of the point along the seam you wish to cut. Repeat this procedure intil you have cut completely through the plastic.

I have heard of using a scriber to cut out flaps, etc. A razor saw is also known a s a jewler's saw.

Thanks for the #11 tip shermanfreak, don't think i've heard that one

As well as normal razor saws you can get very small ones that fit in the smaller x acto handle. The ones I have are by a company called Maxx and are the no13 fine saw blades.

QUOTE: Originally posted by shermanfreak Cotten ??? ... no idea what this is all about .... maybe someone else has heard of this.

He may be thinking of cotton thread. I think I remember reading, hearing, imagining about someone using a piece of thread to "saw" through plastic. They would wrap it around their fingers like floss and just saw back and forth while holding it tight. I don't know but a #11 sounds a lot easier to me. I don't remember their rationale for doing it that way.

Ray

Yep, cotton thread is an old craftsman's trick from back in the day.

Razor saws and X-acto blades do it for me. I've also used a dremel & cut-off wheels for quick and dirty cuts where aesthetics didn't matter much.


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