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    Old 07-03-2016, 10:28 AM
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    I have been using my tri-rec tool lately. On the rec tool, at first I thought, gee, why do I always have to turn the tool face down (where the lettering and numbering are backwards) or turn the fabric at an angle to cut the triangles? What a silly design.

    And then I realized...

    It's because I'm left-handed and the tool is designed for righties. If I were to use the recs tool face-up with the fabric strip perpendicular to me, I'd have to cut the triangles toward myself.

    Try it if you don't believe me ;-).

    Has anyone run across left-handed tri-recs pairs (really I would only need the recs tool to be that way, since the tri tool is symmetrical)?

    I can use the tool backwards, but it's annoying that the numbering is always backwards.

    I found leftie-rightie rulers, just not tri-recs.
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    Never realized what lefties must go thru.
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    Old 07-03-2016, 11:05 AM
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    I would contact the company. They should be able to answer your questions.
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    Old 07-03-2016, 11:47 AM
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    I am a righty and use the Tri-Rec both facing up and down, depending on what cut I want to make. The side piece that mates with the main triangle must be used both face up and face down to get both left and right side cuts.
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    TeresaA, being left-handed, I know where you are coming from. The Easy Angle is also the same way for me. I just adapt and use them upside down (meaning lettering face down). I will be interested to learn if there are tri-recs for left-handers.
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    Old 07-03-2016, 12:30 PM
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    Originally Posted by TeresaA
    I have been using my tri-rec tool lately. On the rec tool, at first I thought, gee, why do I always have to turn the tool face down (where the lettering and numbering are backwards) or turn the fabric at an angle to cut the triangles? What a silly design.

    And then I realized...

    It's because I'm left-handed and the tool is designed for righties. If I were to use the recs tool face-up with the fabric strip perpendicular to me, I'd have to cut the triangles toward myself.

    Try it if you don't believe me ;-).

    Has anyone run across left-handed tri-recs pairs (really I would only need the recs tool to be that way, since the tri tool is symmetrical)?

    I can use the tool backwards, but it's annoying that the numbering is always backwards.

    I found leftie-rightie rulers, just not tri-recs.
    I would strongly suggest that you look at Deb Tucker's rulers - you do not have to turn them upside down, and she posts cutting instructions for right AND left handed cutters on both her videos and her rulers (tools). I believe hers result in a more accurate block - and I have and have used both TriRecs and hers.......check the videos out on her website...Good Luck!
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    Old 07-03-2016, 02:06 PM
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    Originally Posted by Rebecca_S
    I am a righty and use the Tri-Rec both facing up and down, depending on what cut I want to make. The side piece that mates with the main triangle must be used both face up and face down to get both left and right side cuts.
    If you fold your fabric with wrong or right sides together, a righty can always use the Rec tool face up. Even if you're doing a scrappy quilt, you can pile your scrap strips so that you can always use the Rec tool face up.

    If a lefty does this, the tool always has to be face down.
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    Old 07-03-2016, 02:08 PM
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    Originally Posted by q.alba
    TeresaA, being left-handed, I know where you are coming from. The Easy Angle is also the same way for me. I just adapt and use them upside down (meaning lettering face down). I will be interested to learn if there are tri-recs for left-handers.
    I know it can be done! It's just annoying, is all.
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    Us lefties truly live in a right-handed world!
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    Old 07-04-2016, 01:16 AM
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    rotate the strips until you find a comfortable cutting angle.
    No need to flip the ruler to face-down.

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