Updates

My apologies for updating the last blog post way after it had been published – I wanted to record the techniques learned for my own benefit and thought it was better kept together than posted in a separate entry altogether.

Anyway, it’s probably time for an update on another of Santa’s really useful gifts, the True-Cut Rotary Blade sharpener which I’ve finally put through its paces.

It works brilliantly!

I have several rotary cutters of different sizes and guess what, I can never remember which one needs the new blade, or once I get to the shop selling the replacement blades, which size to buy!  Yes, I know, I could have written down the size on my shopping list but to be truthful, these are not things I find myself buying very often and actually, the place I usually remember I need a new blade is somewhere like the NEC or wherever.  Not necessarily the place to take a shopping list!  As a result, I’m often the one who is cutting fabric with a less than sharp blade, muttering about how I must get hold of a new one “next time I’m in town”.

Anyway, enough about my lack of focus – sweep the cutter through the guide twenty times and bingo, sharp blade. Simple as that.  I love it!

Thank you, Father Christmas x

Comments

[Janice]

I was listening to an expert on the radio saying that we are going to start looking for repairs rather than replacements more and more as resources become more scarce. This looks like one of those things. Very satisfying.

[Karen - An Artist's Garden]

Brilliant - like you I end up thinking must re-place rotary cutter blades, then having no memory of the correct size.
K

[Susan D]

Jenny Rayment demonstrated this on Create & Craft TV before Christmas and I wondered if it was any good so thanks for posting about it. I know what I want for my birthday now.