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Cutting paper with a scalpel 2

January 9, 2013 by Lin Kerr Leave a Comment

Yesterday we looked at choosing a craft knife and replacing blades.Now for rulers, measuring and the final cut! If you have to join two dots and your dots are fat little blobs done with a blunt pencil, look at how inaccurate it can be. The line joining them could go off in a completely different direction!     Your pencil should be so sharp that it could prick your finger. A .35 clutch pencil is good too. Choosing a ruler:  You need a metal ruler because if it's plastic the knife will notch … [Read more...]

Cutting paper with a scalpel 1

January 8, 2013 by Lin Kerr Leave a Comment

  The two main cutting knives are craft knives and scalpels.     Craft Knife:   easy to use easy to change blades can pull blade back for safety nice to hold to sharpen pencils cutting heavy board (I find it easy to get a right-angled cut with a craft knife because the blade doesn't rotate as easily as the scalpel does) The blades are universal and you can often buy big packs in hardware stores. Scalpel: easy to use bit scary to change blades at first super sharp and fantastic for … [Read more...]

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