Cutting drymount tissue (illustrated)
Posted: Thu 26 Aug, 2004 11:05 am
Here’s another “one I made earlier.”
When cutting material to use in your press you can minimise waste by ensuring that you accurately measure and cut.
It is not difficult to construct a rack to hold the rolls, they don’t have to look great to serve their function, as you can see.
[img]http://www.estlite.scenes.biz\images\rack.jpg[/img]
Two straight lengths of a flat profiled moulding are placed at right angles to the tissue and set close together to act as a guide when cutting with a knife.
[img]http://www.estlite.scenes.biz\images\guide.jpg[/img]
In most cases you can use the object itself to measure the length to be cut directly– no ruler necessary.
[img]http://www.estlite.scenes.biz\images\measure.jpg[/img]
Just run a sharp blade along the guide to make the cut.
[img]http://www.estlite.scenes.biz\images\cut.jpg[/img]
Hard-bed Press
If you use a hard-bed press life is much easier when your bench is level with the bed of the press.
[img]http://www.estlite.scenes.biz\images\press.jpg[/img]
When cutting material to use in your press you can minimise waste by ensuring that you accurately measure and cut.
It is not difficult to construct a rack to hold the rolls, they don’t have to look great to serve their function, as you can see.
[img]http://www.estlite.scenes.biz\images\rack.jpg[/img]
Two straight lengths of a flat profiled moulding are placed at right angles to the tissue and set close together to act as a guide when cutting with a knife.
[img]http://www.estlite.scenes.biz\images\guide.jpg[/img]
In most cases you can use the object itself to measure the length to be cut directly– no ruler necessary.
[img]http://www.estlite.scenes.biz\images\measure.jpg[/img]
Just run a sharp blade along the guide to make the cut.
[img]http://www.estlite.scenes.biz\images\cut.jpg[/img]
Hard-bed Press
If you use a hard-bed press life is much easier when your bench is level with the bed of the press.
[img]http://www.estlite.scenes.biz\images\press.jpg[/img]