I can't use a rotary cutter
10-19-2011, 11:45 AM
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Not a left but can't cut straight to.save my life. Been getting better aNd realized recent/y that as I cut I pull away near the end of the cut like the last inch or so. It stinks but it takes practice that is all.
10-19-2011, 12:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Cosy
My problem is not slippage, at least not so much. My problem is getting the fabric actually cut. Even with a brand new blade, even cutting single layers, I get a lot of skips, where the fabric just isn't cut. If I go back, then the 2nd cut doesn't quite line up. I have an olfa 45 ml that I use mostly. I work on either my dinner table or the kitchen counter, the height doesn't seem to make a diference. I end up either using scissors or for strips, tearing. Any advice here?
10-19-2011, 01:01 PM
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I thought you weren't supposed to angle your rotary cutter's blade because that could make your pieces smaller than they should be, and of unequal sizes depending on the slant of the ruler with each cut. Cutter blade straight up and down, I was taught.
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10-19-2011, 01:19 PM
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Originally Posted by grammyp
Good luck finding a way you are comfortable using one.
http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog/p...zprd_02408409a
http://www.google.com/products/catal...&rls=com.yahoo:en-US:official&client=firefox&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=2197549689580849322&sa=X&ei=7DyfTpLHBs6ksQLRv5TuCQ&ved=0CD4Q8wIwAg
http://quiltersreview.com/index.php/...c-blade-guard/
http://www.kmart.com/martelli-left-h...0000000083576P
10-19-2011, 02:42 PM
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Have someone watch you cut and maybe they can diagnose where the problem is.
This is a very good suggestion. I am also left handed and had the same problem. I had someone watch me cut and discovered I was slanting my blade and the ruler was moving oh so slightly. I got the grippers for the ruler and have to pay attention to the blade so I don't slant it. And lots of practice, so it isn't a problem anymore.
This is a very good suggestion. I am also left handed and had the same problem. I had someone watch me cut and discovered I was slanting my blade and the ruler was moving oh so slightly. I got the grippers for the ruler and have to pay attention to the blade so I don't slant it. And lots of practice, so it isn't a problem anymore.
10-19-2011, 03:05 PM
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At a quilt show I went to this summer, one of the vendors selling rotary cutters also said the position of your body makes a difference.you need to be in a postion where your arm will push the rotary cutter in a strait line from your shoulder. Not be having your arm cross in front of you, or off to the opposite side -
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