Harbor Freight Blades
06-23-2011, 01:43 PM
#81
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My friend had the same problem she brought thekm to me because mine worked fine. They are packed with a oil on them. I cleaned them well and put them back in the cutter and they worked fine. Try cleaning the oil off but be very careful they are really really sharp...
06-23-2011, 02:27 PM
#82
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I am a firm believer of returning everything!!!! Be it food or blades, My money is too important to pay for an inferior item. Glenda
Originally Posted by jljack
Be sure you take them back to the store and tell them they are dull. The ones I bought online are fine.
06-23-2011, 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by JoanneS
Originally Posted by sunflower126
After reading all of the wonderful comments about these blades I went to HF and bought 6 pkgs. They were on sale. However I am very disappointed. The first two blades cut through a single layer only and leaving several threads uncut. The last two blades won't even cut through a single layer. I've tried turning the blades over thinking I may have put it on wrong. Anyone else have these problems? Bought them awhile ago and didn't save receipt so I guess I'll have to save my JoAnn's coupons and go invest in the real thing. UGH!
06-23-2011, 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Stitchnripper
Originally Posted by JoanneS
Originally Posted by sunflower126
After reading all of the wonderful comments about these blades I went to HF and bought 6 pkgs. They were on sale. However I am very disappointed. The first two blades cut through a single layer only and leaving several threads uncut. The last two blades won't even cut through a single layer. I've tried turning the blades over thinking I may have put it on wrong. Anyone else have these problems? Bought them awhile ago and didn't save receipt so I guess I'll have to save my JoAnn's coupons and go invest in the real thing. UGH!
06-23-2011, 03:51 PM
#86
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I have a full table 3'x5' matt under everything and when I cut on that i get skipped threads with most any cutter. but when i pull out my smaller, finer grain cutting matt, everything cut fine with the same blade. sometimes it is not the blade but the mat on which you are cutting that makes the difference
06-23-2011, 04:43 PM
#87
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I am saying this only because it happened to me, but were there multiple blades in one package...did you happen to get two blades stuck together and use them as one. When this happened to me, the fabric was hard to cut and it frayed on the edge. The ones I used were "real" rotary cutting blades, but it still happened.
06-23-2011, 04:46 PM
#88
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I realize the price is right, but I think I'd leave Harbor Freight alone when it comes to quilting supplies. Love them for hardware and as I posted before I use their utitlity knife replacement blades as seam rippers. For my beautiful fabric I' not chancing anything other than Fiskars or Olfa.
06-23-2011, 04:59 PM
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If you have one of the round rotary blade sharpeners with the sand paper in them (I've seen them several places) use that to sharpen the edges of the blades. I was having trouble also but used that to sharpen the edges a bit and I've been happy with them. Even bought a few more yesterday. Hope this works for you.
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