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can anyone tell me if you get special guillotines for cutting plasticard, i am looking for a repetitive type of devicethat will score the card enough to snap it and keep at the cuts square and true, also have had a look on ema supplies at some of the styrene cutting tools. has anyone on here got one and what one would you suggest, thanks for any advice you could give me guys

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I use an Olfa P-Cutter.  Its a knife with a special v-shaped blade that scores a groove in the card and then you just bend and snap along the joint.  Originally developed for vynil flooring.  Costs about £8, blades last a long time.

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i just use a stanley knife and a straight edge for my cutting

thanks AF, thats what i use to but just wondered if there was a faster, more precise way

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i'd like to know too!!.....fed up of using a ruler/knife! :D :D :D :D

had a 'jig' set up for using on uprights, wasnt great for angles though, didnt spend enough time setting it up! :(

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you can buy a jig for cutting angles ben, aint cheap, but will cut plastic ect ok, for uprights ect, just a stanley knife on a handle with a protractor on the base for the angles

as for card, easiest way i know is a knife and metal ruler, otherwise a hot wire cutter but they aint cheap

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You can buy a small cutter from DIY shops... I think it was designed to cut the plastic profile that goes around tiles.... Not sure who makes it... but it looks good.. takes a stanley blade.. will cut all sorts of angles as well... I'll get a pic of it for you

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You can buy a small cutter from DIY shops... I think it was designed to cut the plastic profile that goes around tiles.... Not sure who makes it... but it looks good.. takes a stanley blade.. will cut all sorts of angles as well... I'll get a pic of it for you

got it yet?? ???:-\

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I use a pair of sissors that we use in the silversmith shop that work the treat.........I also ordered miter box mini that works wonders ...too....

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