For cutting thicker styrene, .030 and over, I use a small table saw. I have an
old Dremel saw with a 5 or 6 inch blade. It works good for me.
Roy J Meissner
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From: Furmanak, Stan
To: S-Scale@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 6:44 PM
Subject: RE: {S-Scale List} A question for the scatchbuilders in the group.
Robyn-
Haven't tried that but I had thought about a using a paper trimmer. Like this
http://www.abcoffice.com/cut500.htm
I think a cutter that scores would be better than a guillotine unless you're
talking about very, very thin styrene.
In my scratchbuilding, I use a good 18" steel ruler to line up my cuts and
make sure to use new blades in my Xacto knife. I bought a box of 100 blades at
an artist supply store as a way to get them cheaper and also to encourage
myself to change blades often. For thicker styrene, I make a clean score and
then snap the styrene to finish the cut.
In some cases, I use drawings that I spray with a tacky glue so I can stick
the drawings right on the styrene. Use my ruler to line up the cut, make the
cuts, and then peel off the drawings.
Stan Furmanak
Annville PA
From: S-Scale@yahoogroups.com [s-sc...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
robyntw247 [robyntw...@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 7:25 PM
To: S-Scale@yahoogroups.com
Subject: {S-Scale List} A question for the scatchbuilders in the group.
Has anyone ever used a guillotine paper cutter to cut sheet styrene?
If so, how well does the guillotine blade cut the styrene?
Thanks,
Robyn
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