Originally Posted by tkhooper
That's what you call a marine that is no longer on active duty. former marine.
I'm left handed and I hate sissors. They were the start of my problem. I do make and use templates. The rotary cutter is working pretty good with them except where there are a lot of small curves.
I am left handed, so maybe I can help you a bit ... my mother, who is right-handed, used scissors in her left hand, by turning them upside down ... I couldn't use left-handed scissors if my life depended on it ... but, you might get along with scissors better if you turn them upside down ...
As far as the rotary cutter, don't even bother buying a rotary cutter that you can't make into a lefty tool ... some will always be for right-handed only ... but, as a lefty do not settle. It isn't worth the effort.
The thing to realize (and, I am sure you have it figured out) the way you cut things will be opposite what a right-handed person does things. Take a measure of the technique and what they are attempting to do, then reverse the situation for your comfort ... Alex Anderson is a lefty and she has done a lot of shows on how to handle things when you are left-handed ... but, I am almost certain your "problem" will go away when you get a rotary cutter that allows you to put the blade in on either side for those of us who are in our right minds. <wave>