Tell me to change my rotary blade!!!
#26
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Location: Midwest USA
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This is my first time giving my rotary cutter a real workout, so I hope I'll know when it's time to change the blade! I might just think it's me, still learning proper technique! Far as I know, it's still sharp.
I've seen those sharpening devices - anyone use them? Do they work?
Harbor Freight - I never would've thought! I like to browse hardware stores - see all kinds of things that could be co-opted as crafty. Some of my girlfriends are the same way. We're secret female hardware geeks! Now I have an excuse to go to HF.
I've seen those sharpening devices - anyone use them? Do they work?
Harbor Freight - I never would've thought! I like to browse hardware stores - see all kinds of things that could be co-opted as crafty. Some of my girlfriends are the same way. We're secret female hardware geeks! Now I have an excuse to go to HF.
#27
Harbor Freight - I never would've thought! I like to browse hardware stores - see all kinds of things that could be co-opted as crafty. Some of my girlfriends are the same way. We're secret female hardware geeks! Now I have an excuse to go to HF.[/QUOTE]
You will find these blades around the carpet cutting tools. I have gotten some that are really sharp and then some that just don't last too long. I have actually quit buying them, but others are still quite happy with them. The ones I am using now are the titanium ones. I seem to have gotten nicks without knowing how....no pins or anything. I have 3 of them left and a new pack of 5 from Fiskars.
See, now I have to make another decision. Which one to put in...as I still haven't replaced the blade. I also haven't been sewing, so at least I haven't continued using the "bad" blade.
Dina
At any rate, give HF a try.
You will find these blades around the carpet cutting tools. I have gotten some that are really sharp and then some that just don't last too long. I have actually quit buying them, but others are still quite happy with them. The ones I am using now are the titanium ones. I seem to have gotten nicks without knowing how....no pins or anything. I have 3 of them left and a new pack of 5 from Fiskars.
See, now I have to make another decision. Which one to put in...as I still haven't replaced the blade. I also haven't been sewing, so at least I haven't continued using the "bad" blade.
Dina
At any rate, give HF a try.
#29
It is amazing how much easier it is to cut with a fresh blade. (duh)
Dina
#30
I change mine just as a matter of habit, needed or not, every time I finish a project or every time I clean my room. I clean my room at the end of a project or every couple weeks whichever comes first. Cleaning my room to me means new blades, new needles. cleaning the bobbin casing, de-scaling and cleaning the iron.
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