hc4u, you can make a cutting board my just taking plywood pieces attach leggs make sure it is stable, and viola! cutting table
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Last edited by headchange4u; 07-05-2007 at 14:26.
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“Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it." -Terry Pratchett
I wonder....I have a very long contractors bubble level.
If I were to fold the fabric directly in half and then use the level until the bubble was centered then wouldn't that indicate that it is a perfectly straight line?
BTW...I have 2 cutting boards and a roller cutter. I would NEVER imagine trying to use just scissors on some of the projects I have undertaken.
I am thinking this weekend I am going to by some plywood for a workbench in my shop.
His question was "What is the easiest way they you all have found to get the end square?"
I was saying simply cut along the line that's already built into the fabric to square it up. So, yes, that would be easier than measuring a triangle (or anything else). Anyway that was my non-engineering answer
The easiest way I've found is to just guestimate. Plenty close enough for hammocks, hammock socks, underquilts, etc. Might want more precision for a tarp, but for everything else I just eyeball it. If I'm feeling anal, I'll lay it out on the kitchen floor and line it up with the tiles. Close enough for the projects I've done so far. Cloth carpentry...I'm not making wedding dresses or designing an airplane!
But I REALLY want one of the Walmart cutting tables with the groove in there.
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Squaring the ends of fabric is one reason I like the tiled floor in the basement - lay the fabric out on the floor, align one or both edges with a tile line, slide fabric to get fabric end along perpendicular tile line and presto - squared end. Use chalk to mark or just take a snap off blade knife, 8' cutting edge. Press cutting edge firmly on fabric and run new, sharp blade along tile line. Neat, straight square end.
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