Originally Posted by dkabasketlady
Originally Posted by Queen
My first blade that I put in skipped. I took it back out turned it over and it works just fine now. I am beginning to think the blades go in only one way and you have to try it both ways to see which way is best.
Mary
I thought that too and turned ALL four of them over thinking they only fit in one way, but they still skipped. I did finally open up another pkg. and the blade is FINE. I guess I just got a few bad blades. I was really feeling bad since I've given over half of them away and didn't want to give them (especially my Mom) bad product. I even tried the "bad" blades in my other cutters(since I have four different ones) and they skipped cutting in them too. I'll just dispose of them and use the others. I really CAN'T complain no more than I paid for them. I was just checking to see if I was the only one to have problems. If I continued to have this problem I was going to return them and get my money back. Glad no one else is having any trouble.
I just bought some HFT blades so that I could teach my SIL how to use a rotary cutter. The blade started skipping right away for her. When I used it, it wouldn't skip. I finally noticed that she was not holding the cutter in her hand at a 45 degree angle to the fabric. When I suggested that she raise the angle up a bit, she didn't have any trouble at all. Everytime she started to lower the angle of her hand, it would skip again.
I am sure that once in a while there will be a defective blade in a package. I have even had defective Olfa blades. At the price for an Olfa blade, I took it back to the Joann's and exchanged it. Fortunately, I had just bought it.