Strip Cutter

Darkov · Post by **Darkov** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:38 am

Anyone have or have used one of these?
Strip_Cutter
I was thinking about getting one to try to cut my own strip styrene. I don't have a LHS or anyplace relativly close by so it has been mail order only for styrene strips. I thought this might work for cutting my own from thin .001-.003 styrene sheet.
Any thoughts.....

Pete

Chief 400 · Post by **Chief 400** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 12:15 pm

Yep....got it from the same place......I use it mainly for .040 styrene, but with a No24 blade in it works just dandy!

MillenniumFalsehood · Post by **MillenniumFalsehood** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 7:03 pm

Why haven't I heard of this before?! Thanks!

Buzzbomb · Post by **Buzzbomb** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 2:36 am

Dont discount those paper trimmers available at most office supplies stores. I have been using one of those for some time with excellent results.

Brian T

Darkov · Post by **Darkov** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 9:16 pm

I bought one of the cutters from Micromark....It works Great for cutting thin sheet.
I needed something I could cut .030 and thicker though. I came up with this Cutter
I made it out of 2 carpenters squares and a piece of laminated MDF board. Works Very well....Great for thicker and larger pieces. It also only cost a few dollars to put together.

Kekker · Post by **Kekker** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:15 pm

I have one, too. For really thick styrene, I use it to scribe a line by running the blade over it a couple of times. Then I either snap it, or keep cutting deeper with a stiffer blade.

I use a #10 blade mounted backwards to do the scribing.

Kev