[KwartzLab] we have a vinyl cutter

[Eric Gerlach]

Alex never lets me use her fabric scissors on paper, so from my
anecdotal evidence, yes, paper dulls blades faster.

Cheers,

Eric

On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 11:38 AM, Robert Gissing <rgissing at gmail.com> wrote:
> will cutting paper dull the blades of the cutter?  i had heard that blades
> for cutting paper are different from blades that cut vynel and fabric, any
> thoughts?
> gus
>
> On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Agnes Niewiadomski
> <agnes.niewiadomski at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I know you can cut fabric on the Silhouette, however they tell you to use
>> their fabric interfacing with it. This is their
>> tutorial http://blog.silhouetteamerica.com/2011/02/monday-tutorial-fabric.html
>> And here is a video demo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-SBXbbeRTs
>> Not sure what kind of material this can be substituted with...maybe just
>> regular thin iron on interfacing to give the fabric more substance? Or
>> another idea would be some clear contact paper from the dollar store(sticky
>> on one side). I will try it on my machine and let you know how it turns out.
>> I wouldn't want to pay the $8/sheet for their fancy stuff.
>> Agnes Niewiadomski
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 10:50 AM, Punkin3.14 <punkin at mag3.14159.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>> Since the medium is *stuck* to the carrier sheet, does that mean textiles
>>> could be run through the cutter?
>>>
>>> On 11-09-21 10:47 AM, Agnes Niewiadomski wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I have my own Silhouette SD cutter at home, the carrier sheets are just
>>>> thin sheets of plastic which come with adhesive already put on. However it
>>>> looses its 'stick' after awhile. I've just been using a repositionable
>>>> adhesive spray when this happens.
>>>>
>>>> If someone could find some thin flexible sheets and use the spray that
>>>> should do the trick.
>>>>
>>>> One thing to note about using the carrier sheets with adhesive is that
>>>> the more 'fresh' the adhesive the more your paper will curl when you peel it
>>>> from the carrier sheet. It's not a problem if you're gluing the cut out to
>>>> something else, otherwise just set it under some heavy books to flatten it
>>>> again.
>>>> Agnes Niewiadomski
>>>
>>>
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