Sandpaper strip cutting jig?

Patrice Lemée

Patrice Lemée

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Anybody built a contraption to cut them? I just use scissors but they are all uneven. I know it is not something hard to build (something like Wayne Goddard shows in his book) but I thought I'd see if you guys have other ideas.

Thanks
 
Patrice Lemée;9188329 said:
Anybody built a contraption to cut them? I just use scissors but they are all uneven. I know it is not something hard to build (something like Wayne Goddard shows in his book) but I thought I'd see if you guys have other ideas.

Thanks
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Well, this assumes that you are using fabric backed abrasive, not paper, but

My mommy taught me all the sewing I know and she showed me that you can never cut straight with scissors.
Just make a nick at the edge and rip it straight with the fabric weave.


In high school they had a hacksaw blade nailed down to a bit of plywood.
Slip the paper under and rip back against the edge.
rips a pretty rough edge though.


Quilting sewers use a pizza cutter device and straight edge, but abrasive paper would just kill that.
 
I use scissors too, and get pretty straight cuts. I think the best thing would be a shear-blade paper cutter. You know, a square table with a hinged blade down one side. I guess you'd get them at an office supply place?
 
Salem Straub said:
I use scissors too, and get pretty straight cuts. I think the best thing would be a shear-blade paper cutter. You know, a square table with a hinged blade down one side. I guess you'd get them at an office supply place?
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Good project for a knifemaker I think......
 
I just use the crease and rip method:o, I almost always get a straight edge, and even when I dont I don't worry about it because I wrap the edges around my sanding blocks. My blocks aren't that wide, one is half inch and the other is 1 inch.
 
99% of the time I use a pair of $1 scissors from Harbor Freight that work GREAT.

If I get the urge to be all particular about it, I use a cutting board, sharp knife, and a piece of 15N20 that's 12" long as a straight edge/cutting guide and cut 3 or 4 sheets at a time.

I've seen the cutting jigs made with a hacksaw blade, but never really felt the need to make one. Which is weird right? ;) LOL
 
Rotary paper trimmers are a champ at cutting sandpaper.
Looky HERE for an example of one I have.

Nowadays, I use the big guillotine style paper shear that I bought for making HT envelopes.
They sell a normal sized one at Harbor Freight for $20, just look up paper cutter.
They are sneaky, naming them something obscure like that :)

You'll find both styles get used for a lot of other things too, once you have them.
 
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Fold a tight crease in the paper back side to back side, then fold it the otherway, pressing the crease tight, it should split the paper. Tear by pulling them apart starting at the top.

Works great, do it all the time for 1/4 sheet palm sanders.
 
Another reason I really would like to have a paper shear cutter is that it's good for printing your own business cards and then cleanly cutting the sheets of them up.
 
This is what I was taught at work (cabinet maker). grab a few sheets at a time. Fold into the middle, fold again. so when you unfold you have 3 sections across the width. fold over your steel rule and rip up the 3 sections. stack the 3 and fold in half long ways. Rip along the crease with the steel rule.

Don't know if those instructions are very clear but that's how I do it.
 
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Scissors or fold/tear here.
 
$2.00 at garage sale i got a paper cutter , took out the blade and sharpened it.
it has a 12x12 base.
vern
 
Those paper cutters cut kydex like butter. Makes it easy to cut up strips for different size sheathes.
 
Same as V=6. I got an office paper cutter at Goodwill for a few bucks.

In the new shop, built onto the side of the rolling HT cart, will be the Big Kahuna of all shears. I was given two 36" long paper shear blades from a paper mill. They are 3/4" thick D-2 and have a 30 degree single bevel edge - and boy are they sharp. I plan to mount one against the cart edge with the flat side out and the edge just flush with the top, then scissor mount the other so it runs flat to flat.I'll put a handle on the pivoted blade. I can then cut HT foil,sandpaper,thin sheet metal,kindling wood, Kaowool, and things like cardboard in this 36" shear cutter. The foil roll will mount right below it. There will be a "flip up" tray to catch the cut off pieces, so multiple cuts, like sandpaper, will be easy to do.
 
Use a steel rule and a pocket knife.....cut from the back and
the edge will last longer......
 
I do what Russ does. I made my sanding paddle width evenly divisable into the sheets and precut batches of strips when I get a new box. Cutting 5-6 sheets at a time, I can easily have a box of 50 sheets done in under 10 minutes. Taking a half hour to cut several varying grits of strips sure beats the heck out of having to snip off a piece every 2minutes while you are finishing a blade.

That paper cutter would be cake, man. Great advice.


Rick
 
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