Micro-precision felt cutter

[Farrell]

Hi Jurgen,

I had a guillotine cutter some time back, but seem to have lost it some years ago. It seemed to perform so-so. I like your design. What kind of a blade do you have on this? Also, it looks like there would be some wiggle to your blade arm here - what keeps it striking/cutting in exactly the same spot? Is the white stuff a replaceable chopping surface? Polyethylene-type plastic stuff? How tall is your stop block? How wide is the blade? Any other close-up pictures available?

Better yet and easier for you, just send me the darn jig!   ;-)

Thanks.

Terry Farrell
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  I can't exactly picture what you are envisioning for a felt cutter, but here is my version: This is a felt cutter that I use for cutting all kinds of blocks and pieces, including very small and narrow bits. It is a cutter I made myself, essentially a modified version of what I "grew up with" in my apprenticeship.
  The blade cuts on 1/4 butcher block and stays sharp for a very long time. 

  I had considered making and selling these, but I realized there is just too much time involved in assembly and finishing to make it profitable. (One more reason so many professional jigs are made from plastic - no finishing involved)

  The design is fairly straight forward, so anyone can make one of these. This cutter will perform better than the guillotines, which I find somewhat imprecise.

  Jurgen Goering
  Piano Forte Supply
  (250) 754-2440
  info at pianofortesupply.com
  http://www.pianofortesupply.com




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  On Aug 23, 2007, at 20:16, Gordon Stelter wrote:


    This Ivers and Pond action makes me wonder if
    someone oughtn't come up with ...snip...



    .
    Speaking of which: The "Guillotine" type action
    felt choppers are pretty useless for the tiny pieces
    used under the butt buckskin ( which I'm replacing
    with Ecsaine (TM)) etc.. So I was lying in bed last
    night, wondering if a micro "paper cutter" type gizmo
    might be devised, for these. So far, all that's
    occurred to me has been to get a good quality, 
    "slop-free" 1/4" drive mini "Breaker bar" ( Snap-on,
    Craftsmnan, etc.) and mount, somehow, a razor blade,
    or box-cutter blade, to the under side of the handle,
    with the square drive tip end firmly attached to a
    sturdy base. Some sort of aluminum fence, for
    straightness, and vinyl base-board molding 
    ( my favorite stuff to cut felt on ) to keep the razor
    from dulling too soon. 
    Has anybody else "tackled" this issue of
    precision, tiny felt cutting ? Got a better idea ?

    G
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