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Author:  Barb [ Thu Feb 27, 2014 6:25 pm ]
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Ordered the same cutter in an 8 1/2" length. It arrived today and works like a charm!

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Author:  Howard [ Thu Feb 27, 2014 6:30 pm ]
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Barb wrote:
Ordered the same cutter in an 8 1/2" length. It arrived today and works like a charm!


...looks "letter perfect" to me... :D

howard

Author:  maria [ Fri Feb 28, 2014 8:37 am ]
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Wonderful, so true to the original. I had been looking at paper punch edgers to see if there were any that produced this effect but nothing, nada. Nice to know we now have an option.

Author:  PutzinVT [ Fri Feb 28, 2014 10:18 am ]
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Are you rapping it with a mallet or are you placing it in some kind of an arbor press.

Looks interesting.

Author:  paulrace [ Fri Feb 28, 2014 11:43 am ]
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Barb, that's great. Thanks for letting us know how it worked out. Not only fences, but also roof edges on certain houses.

Author:  BrianB [ Fri Feb 28, 2014 12:18 pm ]
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That is so cool!!

Author:  Barb [ Fri Feb 28, 2014 1:20 pm ]
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I did buy an arbor press at Harbor Freight for not much money, and it worked ok on the smaller cutter once you get past all the grease. What I discovered though is it seems faster and cleaner to just use a hammer and a special pounding surface board (there is a real name for that I'm sure...) like you would use with an arch punch. A problem with the smaller cutter is lining it up correctly to make a continuous strip.. which is what led me to bite the bullet and buy a longer one.

If anyone out there is more mechanically/artistically inclined than I and wishes to purchase the small cutter for what I paid for it, let me know.

Author:  PutzinVT [ Fri Feb 28, 2014 1:43 pm ]
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Barb:

What did you need to submit to the Etsy store to get a die made.
Is the company easy to deal with. And good with the communications?


Steve

Author:  Barb [ Fri Feb 28, 2014 2:28 pm ]
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I submitted a jpg of the cutter shape with a scale of inches so that they could get the correct height, width, etc. They could not be more pleasant/easier to deal with. Every time I emailed them I got a response the same day. After I sent the jpg they send a proof, and once approved, an invoice that you can pay using paypal, etc. Various shipping options, I chose the slow boat which still arrived within 8-10 days. According to the postage on it they pay a heck of a lot more to ship than they charge. They ship registered which requires a signature at delivery which is the only nuisance. My mailman was nice enuf to leave the pkg based on a note on the door, but I hear they don't all do that.

Author:  PutzinVT [ Tue Mar 25, 2014 10:52 am ]
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Ran across this today.

Might be useful.

http://www.amazon.com/Sizzix-657215-Sha ... 89GSHJX33B

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