bearisgray

Do you use a pizza cutter to cut pizza?

It's not that much different to use a rotary cutter.

Olivia's Grammy

If the rulers were thinker the rotary blades of some rotary's would not be able to cut as the part of the rotary that runs along the ruler would not be deep enough. Make sense?

Quiltgranny

Hi Thelma,

I use these safety shields on some of my longer rulers. They come in three sizes that fit 12", 18" and 24" rulers and you can see through them so you can still see all the markings on the rulers. Right now, they're on sale at joann.com.

http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog/p...RODID=prd38193

Here's another site where they're 10% off, but it shows them better:

http://www.softexpressions.com/softw...afetyShlds.php

These might help build your confidence as you get some more practice cutting. This link shows you how to properly use a rotary cutter and ruler for safety:

Here's a great tutorial on how to use your rotary cutter with lots of super pictures:

http://www.purlbee.com/rotary-cutter-tutorial/

Hope this helps,

Karla

Wanda_GA

Karla, thank you so much for the info about those shields. I just cut the side of my finger up next to my nail, it has really scared me how dangerous those blades are! I've been searching & looking everywhere & couldn't find the solution. On Soft Expressions they showed another safety called "Guidlines Finger Guard", do you know anything about those? And do you think the shields are the best? I was thinking about ordering the multi pkg. I have an AccuCutter GO, but there are still times you have to use that ruler & rotary. Thanks again.

quiltnmom

Mine is 1/8 inch the 6x24 Quilt in a Day. I cut either at the dining room table on we have a fold up rectangular table (came from Wal-mart) I will use it sometimes. I am short 5'3" so I don't have a good feel for cutting at my kitchen counter (except food).

auntmag

fons and porter have a klutz glove that they wear when cutting.

Quiltgranny

First of all, I'm SO sorry to hear that you've cut yourself with your rotary cutter. That's awful, and must've been quite painful. Hope you're healing well.

You're welcome Wanda, but thank you too, for pointing these new finger guards out to me!! :thumbup: Now, these look like they'd be the better deal for a variety of reasons. They say they're 25 times more stronger than acrylic - which is what the other ones are made of, I believe. And, I like that these are repositionable, so they can be moved from one ruler to the other -unlike the ones I mentioned above. WOW! I like that! :thumbup: Well, at least we have some choice now.

Thanks so much for the tip! :thumbup:

Karla

Annya

All of mine are 1/8th of an inch so that must be the thickness.

Lacelady

The rulers you have for long arm machines are thicker, more like a quarter of an inch, but I don't think I have seen any with measurements on them, they are just shapes, i.e. rectangles, circles etc.

Have a look at this site: http://www.quiltersrule.com/template/nestedMain.html

watterstide

you need kevlar gloves, like fons and proter sells.
try Harbor freight for a cheaper pair. or if you know someone who works in a factory, they may be agle to get them for you..