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
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...]