Olfa 45 mm Rotary Cutter
04-23-2015, 03:12 PM
#12
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Pawcatucck, CT
Posts: 80
Beginner quilters have to have their own rotary cutter at our guild. Rulers and mats will be provided. We learned the hard way about lending rotary cutters. One beginner wanted to sue the person who loaned her one and she got nasty cut. Said she wasn't instructed in how to use it properly and wasn't told the dangers of using it. She was pressured to sue by her DH. Thankfully she backed off because of high lawyer and court fees. She is not a member and we hope to never see her again. I will never loan a rotary cutter to any one that has never used one.
04-24-2015, 09:43 AM
#14
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Lebanon Missouri
Posts: 2,668
My brother had never used a rotary. He was cutting marine vynil and it was skipping so he thought 2 blades would cut better and that stuff was thick. Well 2 blades did not work out-the skips only got longer. He had pushed down to hard and the screw on the knob had actually bent. He tried to straighten it but it broke the plastic. After that I cut the rest of the vynil with a new rotary.
04-25-2015, 01:30 AM
#15
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Somewhere in Time
Posts: 2,697
After far too many bad experiences, I don't let anyone use my tools. Once I allowed someone in my club use my new quilt book and saw her writing in it -- I went ballistic and she could not understand what the big deal was. Another one shredded a brand new mat because she was too cheap to replace her rotary blade.
04-25-2015, 05:11 AM
#16
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Homosassa, FL
Posts: 2,267
Over the years I have found the old saying to be true, "neither a borrower nor lender be" as too many people borrow and never return or return the item broken and are horrified if asked to repair or replace the item. Being cheap is the reason they didn't buy their own to start with, and never having had a lot of money, if I have to buy my own so do they. Of course there are exceptions, but not that many. Sorry you have to buy a new one.
04-25-2015, 05:33 AM
#17
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 226
check your warranty
check your warranty, Fiskar sent me a new rotary cutter when mine went bad. They don't warranty blades but many of their products have lifetime warranties. Probably Olfa has something similar
04-25-2015, 09:35 AM
#19
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Independence, MO
Posts: 3,560
I had one rotary cutter for years and it started skipping and wobbling. Took it apart and the blade had worn a groove in the part that holds it. They do wear out after a lot of use. Your friend might have accelerated the process by pushing too hard.
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