XACTO blades
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- capn_ron
Why can't they sponsor me for free #11 blades? I go through them like water. The tips always break and I am tired of buy them.
They should really sponsor designers just like sporting companies sponsor athletes.
- e-pill0
you can has XACTO put an advert on your site and eventually you will have free blades in no time...
- nocomply0
what are you doing with them that they break all the time?
- normal cutting will take the very tip off, hard to see unless you look closely, which makes the most precise cuts difficultmonospaced
- exactly. just the tip comes off every time.
capn_ron
- capn_ron0
Cutting Museum board for covers of my handmade skechbooks.
- next time buy a 100 pack, they aren't THAT expensivemonospaced
- I do already. I just get mad that I have to put a new one on every 2 minutescapn_ron
- monospaced0
Damn kid. My best advice is to not cut so hard! Take your time, keep the blade straight. Museum board should take a few passes before getting through.
- SteveJobs0
sounds like a great entrepreneurial opportunity.
- capn_ron0
I'm impatient I guess. I usually start by taking my time, but towards the end I get greedy and try to cut through it in two passes instead of 3 or so.
- try 5 or 6, seriously. Your cuts will be impeccable and your hand will thank you for it latermonospaced
- +1pylon
- boobs0
If you're cutting museum board, the tool to use is the utility knife. XACTO is for cutting paper and really thin shit.
- billl0
make good toothpicks... in a pinch, of course
- CALLES0
thats XACTLY why... cuz they why you to buy them
- moural0
Just use a standard utility knife that takes razor blades. X-Acto's are worthless on any paper over 70 lb.
- nocomply0
i know what you mean about the tip breaking.
when i was a young punk i used to cut stencils with those things. i found when i got a proper cutting mat it didn't happen quite as much.
i was always paranoid that the tip would break off and shoot into my eye and make me blind, so i would cut with glasses on sometimes.
- kona0
what kind of broke ass still uses xacto blades?!? LASERS MAN... LASERS!
- grunttt0
i do a lot of collage work so i go through blades like sumbitch. i probably use 25-35 blades per piece. what they need is an xacto sharpener!