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Re: Electric scissors (or rotary finger removers)

2006-04-23 by john dean

The perfect solution is a rotary paper cutter on a table in front of
the machine  I did that in my old place. Now I've got three large
format machines, a drum scanner,3 computes, and a scitek all in one
room! I've got to get another place.(and...I need my fingers to play
the guitar).

john





--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Greg"
<dfaprinting@...> wrote:
>
> My Dritz gets tired after cutting several times on German Etching, so
> the rotary finger remover might still be the best choice. The big
> problem with the style like my dritz is that you really need to oil
> the blades to keep them sharp and cutting smoothly. You will of course
> immediately see the problem with this. It does do a great job on
> canvas though, so maybe it's just the wood fiber in the GE that
> stresses it. And if you take a look at the Eastman cordless rotary
> finger remover, they show the different blades. The four "sided" would
> probably be perfect, the eight sided looks down right deadly!
> 
> If you really wanted to, you could probably fabricate a cutting guide
> to attach to the printer, then you would just slide the cutter along
> the guide to get a nearly perfect cut. Might require making a new foot
> for the cutter, but that shouldn't be all that difficult.
>

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