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Left handed Tri-Rec tool
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. |
Never realized what lefties must go thru.
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I would contact the company. They should be able to answer your questions.
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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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Originally Posted by TeresaA
(Post 7593025)
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. |
Originally Posted by Rebecca_S
(Post 7593073)
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 a lefty does this, the tool always has to be face down. |
Originally Posted by q.alba
(Post 7593089)
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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Us lefties truly live in a right-handed world!
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rotate the strips until you find a comfortable cutting angle.
No need to flip the ruler to face-down. Right Handed ... [ATTACH=CONFIG]553376[/ATTACH] Left Handed ... [ATTACH=CONFIG]553377[/ATTACH] |
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