Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "steve_wadlington" <steve_wadlington@...> wrote:
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> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Thomas Keesling" <restorephoto@> wrote:

> > I've got a roll of PhotoRag I want to cut. I seem to recall someone mentioning how they did this quite a while ago. Is a bandsaw the best tool to use? Or a table saw? I can use either, but just wondered what experiences others have had when doing this.
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> > Thanks.....
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For the past year I have been cutting down some of my larger rolls of paper for use in my Epson 4000.  I use a good chop saw with a sliding head and the best multi-tooth clean cutting blade I can find.  It should be a carbide blade and one you might use for fine molding cutting use, etc.

I use painter's tape to bind all the way around the roll where the cut will be and position it so that the cut is in the middle of the tape.

You will lose a bit of the leading edge of the paper due to tape residues when you are finished but I find the cut roll end to be glass smooth.  If the paper is tightly rolled to begin with and you keep it that way, all paper fines can easily be brushed away from the ends.

It works very well.

Regards

Mark MacKenzie
Alcalde, NM