How do you keep the rotary blades sharp? I tried the sharpener thingies but doesnt seem to work for me. I use lots of blades when I am quilting and they get expensive.

Try cutting tinfoil with them. It works for me.

Thanks I will try that soon as I get back to my reg home. I am in the prosess of packing up the camper and going home for the winter, Yea back to my sewing room!!!!!!!!!!!

Go to houseofhanson.com, you can get blades VERY reasonable there.

When they get a little dull, I flip the blade and get a little more wear out of them. Then I just throw away and put a new one. Sharpening has never worked for me.

Here is a link for blades online if that will help. Good prices.

http://www.lpsharp.com/3.html

I bought a huge lot of them on Ebay - all olfa blades. I want to say I got 100 blades for like $50 or so - a few friends of mine and I went in on the purchase :)

Gee that was a good buy

WOW! I'll have to check there myself. Thanks. :wink:

have any of you had trouble with a brand new Olfa blade skipping like ONE thread ??

I checked e-bay and ended up biding on more fabric lol

You sound just like me!!! I think a touch of A.D.D. gets in my way because I am so easily sidetracked. :)

I get mine on ebay, once 10 for $10 then 25 for $37. :D

WHERE ON E BAY DID YOU FIND THEM

I'm afraid to go on Ebay and look. I know I'll end up spending money on fabric. I always do. Oh well, there are worse things I could be doing. Tee Hee :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Yes, but I thought I was doing something wrong :roll: Glad it is not just me

Me, too! I wonder if this is just a fluke or happens more often than we know? It's happened a handful of times over the years to me. Quality Control issue maybe?

I just type in Olfa Rotary Cutting blades, you just have to check often. They have always come in original packaging, brand spanking new, sharp as a tack. I checked prices at JoAnn's, they were over $5 ea. :(