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Re: Seeking: How much glass is sufficient (min)
By:thomas duncan
Date: 12/7/2004, 9:13 am
In Response To: Re: Seeking: How much glass is sufficient (min) (Kurt Hoffman)

: To cut it cleanly and accurately you can use a rotary cutter. It looks like a
: pizza cutter, women use them for quilting, you can get them at fabric
: stores for around $10.00. Use something as a backer board like a sheet of
: 1/4 hardboard and a straight edge. A smooth material like hardboard or MDF
: won't tend to snag the cloth like some plywoods might. You can slice it
: clean and straight with no frayed edges.
: Kurt Hoffman

Yeah, I got one of those cutters, and it is the stuff for cutting tapes. I'm just wondering how to cut the entire 15 yards of a 60" roll in half cleanly. I suppose I could put it on one side of the dining room table with a cutting mat, unroll 2' at a time and use a straightedge, and have one or two helpers to roll it onto two separate tubes. Or just let it cascade gently to the floor (swept and clean) and then carefully wind the two strips back up myself.

There's never a ninja handy when you need one anymore! One whack from the sword, clean cut, no frays.

Wonder if the Raka guy could cut it for me on some industrial machine before shipping, if it might make the shipping easier?

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Seeking: How much glass is sufficient (min)
Charles Leach -- 12/5/2004, 2:06 pm
Thanks . . .
Charles Leach -- 12/7/2004, 10:16 am
Re: Thanks . . .
LeeG -- 12/7/2004, 1:15 pm
Re: Seeking: How much glass is sufficient (min) *LINK* *Pic*
Bobby Curtis -- 12/6/2004, 9:35 am
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Rob Macks -- 12/6/2004, 9:31 am
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Paul Jacob -- 12/5/2004, 8:35 pm
Re: Seeking: How much glass is sufficient (min) *LINK*
gerald -- 12/5/2004, 5:16 pm
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Thomas Duncan -- 12/5/2004, 6:23 pm
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 12/6/2004, 11:02 pm
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Thomas Duncan -- 12/7/2004, 12:02 am
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Kurt Hoffman -- 12/7/2004, 7:00 am
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thomas duncan -- 12/7/2004, 9:13 am
No, no, no
Paul G. Jacobson -- 12/9/2004, 1:24 am
Son of a gun!!!!.... *LINK*
gerald -- 12/5/2004, 6:53 pm