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Author: | Barb [ Thu Feb 27, 2014 6:25 pm ] | ||
Post subject: | Re: cutting window and door openings... | ||
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 ] |
Post subject: | Re: cutting window and door openings... |
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... howard |
Author: | maria [ Fri Feb 28, 2014 8:37 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: cutting window and door openings... |
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 ] |
Post subject: | Re: cutting window and door openings... |
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 ] |
Post subject: | Re: cutting window and door openings... |
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 ] |
Post subject: | Re: cutting window and door openings... |
That is so cool!! |
Author: | Barb [ Fri Feb 28, 2014 1:20 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: cutting window and door openings... |
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 ] |
Post subject: | Re: cutting window and door openings... |
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 ] |
Post subject: | Re: cutting window and door openings... |
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 ] |
Post subject: | Re: cutting window and door openings... |
Ran across this today. Might be useful. http://www.amazon.com/Sizzix-657215-Sha ... 89GSHJX33B |
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