Thanks all. I got a 45 mm KAI blade for $16 and cutting mat. The sandpaper/felt to straight-edge sounds solid, although one of the reasons i wanted the Rotary cutter was to cut odd shapes, like understring felt. On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Al Guecia/AlliedPianoCraft < AlliedPianoCraft at hotmail.com> wrote: > Gordon, Klingspor's Woodworking Shop sell the sandpaper with a sticky > back in strips. Remove the backing and stick it onto you straight edge. > Works great. > > Al > > > *From:* Gordon Holley <downbeat237 at verizon.net> > *Sent:* Friday, February 27, 2009 1:27 PM > *To:* pianotech at ptg.org > *Subject:* Re: [pianotech] Cutting Felt > > Willem, there was no direction to glue the sandpaper onto the square, one > would use double sided tape; and the sandpaper doesn't give off any residue. > > Regards, Gordon > > > Feb 27, 2009 12:23:31 AM, pianotech at ptg.org wrote: > > Instead of gluing sandpaper to the ruler, glue a piece of felt to the > ruler. The felt doesn't give off any residue, and grabs the other felt much > better than sandpaper. > > Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT > Piano Tuner/Technician > Mililani, Oahu, HI > 808-349-2943 > Author of: > The Business of Piano Tuning > available from Potter Press > www.pianotuning.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gordon Holley <downbeat237 at verizon.net> > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Sent: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 4:44 pm > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Cutting Felt > > And, to insure a perfect straight cut on the board as you cut the felt. > Take a small steel square, turn one flat side up, take fairly large grit > sand paper and cut a length about 1/2" wide X 12" long, use double sided > tape and tape the sand paper to the one side of the square. Now when you > have your felt ready to cut, lay the square with the sand paper side down on > the felt on the line you wish to cut. Using the rotary cutter, lined with > the wheel against the leg of the square, the felt WILL NOT creep or move as > you cut. I've used the method for some time and always get great cuts with > straight lines. > Regards, Gordon Holley, Associate, Indiana Chapter 467 > > > Feb 26, 2009 03:38:55 PM, pianotech at ptg.org wrote: > > Get the rotary cutter. Not to take business away from our vendors, but you > might be able to find one at a fabric store. Be sure to also get the pad on > which to cut the felt. it gives you a nice flat, clean surface that won't > dull the blade. > > Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT > Piano Tuner/Technician > Mililani, Oahu, HI > 808-349-2943 > Author of: > The Business of Piano Tuning > available from Potter Press > www.pianotuning.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Noah Frere <noahfrere at gmail.com> > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Sent: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:29 am > Subject: [pianotech] Cutting Felt > > This may be mundane, but I haven't cut *too *much felt yet. Going into > this rebuild I see I'll need to cut quite a bit, and almost ordered the > Rotary pizza wheel from Pianotek. But, I looked into hardware stores > instead, to no avail. Then I thought I can just use scissors. But *then *I'd > need to buy nice scissors anyway. I feel like potentially the Rotary cutter > will be the easiest, most fun method. Any takers? > > ------------------------------ > *A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps!<http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1218822736x1201267884/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID%3D62%26bcd%3DfebemailfooterNO62> > * > > > ------------------------------ > *A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps!<http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1218822736x1201267884/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID%3D62%26bcd%3DfebemailfooterNO62> > * > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090302/48ae5833/attachment.html>
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