Hey everyone,
I'm looking to develop and more durable and less brittle x-acto/hobby knife blade.
I'd appreciate your feedback on what metals you think are suitable for the purpose. Please keep in mind that the whole blade is .5mm thick, so there is not a lot of material to work with. It's possible to thicken it to .7 mm, but more than that would cause issues loading it into the collet.
The objective is to get a blade that doesn't bend easily, holds and edge and won't snap.
The other consideration is that Xacto blades are cheap... a better alternative can't cost 50x times the money, if you know what I mean.
What would you folks recommend to make a blade out of?
Thanks
I'm looking to develop and more durable and less brittle x-acto/hobby knife blade.
I'd appreciate your feedback on what metals you think are suitable for the purpose. Please keep in mind that the whole blade is .5mm thick, so there is not a lot of material to work with. It's possible to thicken it to .7 mm, but more than that would cause issues loading it into the collet.
The objective is to get a blade that doesn't bend easily, holds and edge and won't snap.
The other consideration is that Xacto blades are cheap... a better alternative can't cost 50x times the money, if you know what I mean.
What would you folks recommend to make a blade out of?
Thanks
