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GJK

This 60mm fiskars will cut through thick chipboard with ease - I highly recommend it.  You have to be careful though...this will slice a counter in two or take your finger off if you stray from the metal ruler.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0055740UO/
Clip your freaking corners!
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mirth

I had a run in with my paper cutter last month. Turns out those warning labels are serious :P
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BanzaiCat

Quote from: GJK on August 15, 2017, 09:08:35 PM
This 60mm fiskars will cut through thick chipboard with ease - I highly recommend it.  You have to be careful though...this will slice a counter in two or take your finger off if you stray from the metal ruler.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0055740UO/

Thanks, GJK. I was eyeing that very cutter as well as the cutting board mirth suggested. I think I might go with the rotary and a mat as well.

Speaking of, any suggestions for mats? This is the one I have currently in my Amazon cart:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0015AOIYI/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_6?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Is 3mm enough? It says "self healing" but that doesn't really tell me if it stops a cutter from going through to the surface underneath.

bbmike

^I have that one. I really don't see how a cutter could go all the way through it, an exacto knife won't.
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GJK

Quote from: BanzaiCat on August 16, 2017, 08:46:45 AM
Quote from: GJK on August 15, 2017, 09:08:35 PM
This 60mm fiskars will cut through thick chipboard with ease - I highly recommend it.  You have to be careful though...this will slice a counter in two or take your finger off if you stray from the metal ruler.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0055740UO/

Thanks, GJK. I was eyeing that very cutter as well as the cutting board mirth suggested. I think I might go with the rotary and a mat as well.

Speaking of, any suggestions for mats? This is the one I have currently in my Amazon cart:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0015AOIYI/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_6?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Is 3mm enough? It says "self healing" but that doesn't really tell me if it stops a cutter from going through to the surface underneath.


I got this one which is a bit larger for a few dollars more*: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003W0J9ES/


*Clint Eastwood action figure not included.
Clip your freaking corners!
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Blood Bowl on VASSAL - Ask me about it! http://garykrockover.com/BB/
----------------------
"Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son."

-Dean Vernon Wormer

bbmike

^That would be nice on my workbench. Now where can I buy the Clint Eastwood action figure?  ^-^
"My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplace of existence."
-Sherlock Holmes

"You know, just once I'd like to meet an alien menace that wasn't immune to bullets."
-Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

"There's a horror movie called Alien? That's really offensive. No wonder everyone keeps invading you!"
-The Doctor

"Before Man goes to the stars he should learn how to live on Earth."
-Clifford D. Simak

mirth

Quote from: GJK on August 16, 2017, 05:48:41 PM
Quote from: BanzaiCat on August 16, 2017, 08:46:45 AM
Quote from: GJK on August 15, 2017, 09:08:35 PM
This 60mm fiskars will cut through thick chipboard with ease - I highly recommend it.  You have to be careful though...this will slice a counter in two or take your finger off if you stray from the metal ruler.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0055740UO/

Thanks, GJK. I was eyeing that very cutter as well as the cutting board mirth suggested. I think I might go with the rotary and a mat as well.

Speaking of, any suggestions for mats? This is the one I have currently in my Amazon cart:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0015AOIYI/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_6?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Is 3mm enough? It says "self healing" but that doesn't really tell me if it stops a cutter from going through to the surface underneath.


I got this one which is a bit larger for a few dollars more*: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003W0J9ES/


*Clint Eastwood action figure not included.

I have some shopping to do :P
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

Barthheart

Quote from: GJK on August 15, 2017, 09:08:35 PM
This 60mm fiskars will cut through thick chipboard with ease - I highly recommend it.  You have to be careful though...this will slice a counter in two or take your finger off if you stray from the metal ruler.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0055740UO/

Yeah that's the one I use too.

BanzaiCat

Quote from: Barthheart on August 21, 2017, 11:01:44 AM
Quote from: GJK on August 15, 2017, 09:08:35 PM
This 60mm fiskars will cut through thick chipboard with ease - I highly recommend it.  You have to be careful though...this will slice a counter in two or take your finger off if you stray from the metal ruler.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0055740UO/

Yeah that's the one I use too.

Ordered and on the way. Should be here tomorrow. Along with a cutting mat.  O0

mirth

"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

Barthheart

OMG! That's the best you can come up with?  L:-)

mirth

Just trying to help you overcome your roundophobia
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

trailrunner

I thought it was clipacadasiaphobia.

BanzaiCat

That 60mm Fiskars circular blade is awesome, gents - thanks for the recommendations. Had to figure out how to best hold down the counters with the metal ruler (cork side down, even pressure worked best). Only cut my index finger on my left hand twice! Fortunately I didn't get any blood on anything. Holy shit that thing is sharp.  :-[