Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 01:18:31 -1000 From: pcreel@cnw.com (Paul Creelman) Message-Id: Organization: Connect Nw Subject: cutting (not melting) ripstop nylon What am I missing ? I've made 4 kites to date using my wife's circular cutting blade designed for fabric cutting and it has worked great ... no heat, no burns, no smell... Am I courting disaster ... I've had no problems with seams which are doubled over ... BTW ... the 36X24 inch soft plastic premeasured cutting boards are incredible for accurate dimensional cutting = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Sat, 24 Feb 1996 01:15:19 -1000 From: gengvall@aol.com (G Engvall) Message-Id: <4gms07$qcm@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Subject: Re: cutting (not melting) ripstop nylon In article , pcreel@cnw.com (Paul Creelman) writes: >What am I missing ? >I've made 4 kites to date using my wife's circular cutting blade designed for >fabric cutting and it has worked great ... no heat, no burns, no smell... >Am I courting disaster ... I've had no problems with seams which are doubled >over ... >BTW ... the 36X24 inch soft plastic premeasured cutting boards are incredible >for accurate dimensional cutting What are you missing? Short answer: Nothing ! Stick with it ! Rotary cutting is the best ! No, you are not courting disaster. Hot knifing material has a couple of advantages. "Sealing" the cut against fraying is *not* chief among them. But, hot knifing two pieces together "welds" them even better than hot tacking them. It is great, say, when matching up the two wings and the keel of a delta, then trimming them and welding them all in one motion. Then sewing is a breeze. BTW - Mine is bigger than yours. My rotary cutting mat is 40 x 72, and translucent, and sits on a 4 x 6 light table (glass top for hot knifing and tacking..... Keep up that rotary cutting ! We'll turn you into a quilter yet ! Now, should we start a thread on what size rotary cutter to use? Aero ergo sum (I fly, therefor, I am) gary engvall = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Sat, 24 Feb 1996 06:06:06 -1000 From: andrew@tug.com (Andrew Beattie) Message-Id: Organization: /usr/lib/news/organisation Subject: Re: cutting (not melting) ripstop nylon gengvall@aol.com (G Engvall) writes: >pcreel@cnw.com (Paul Creelman) >>BTW ... the 36X24 inch soft plastic premeasured cutting boards are >BTW - Mine is bigger than yours. My rotary cutting mat is 40 x 72, and *sigh* My cutting floor is 4'x16' and it's still too small. Andrew -- Microsoft is to Software as McDonalds is to Cuisine = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 04:53:11 -1000 From: KITEJAG@MOTHER.COM (John A. Gabby Jr.) Message-Id: <4hf1er$pvt@pa.mother.com> Organization: Mother.COM Subject: Re: cutting (not melting) ripstop nylon pcreel@cnw.com (Paul Creelman) wrote: >What am I missing ? >I've made 4 kites to date using my wife's circular cutting blade designed for >fabric cutting and it has worked great ... no heat, no burns, no smell... >Am I courting disaster ... I've had no problems with seams which are doubled >over ... I know several builders who use the same technique of using a wheel cutter and then either fold seems over or use bias tape to cover exposed edges. My latest creations, a pair of rokakus, have the panels wheel cut with exposed edges joined by black nyon strips (hot cut) and bordered with dacron bias strips (also hot cut)...I'm not expecting any problems in the near or distant future. >BTW ... the 36X24 inch soft plastic premeasured cutting boards are incredible >for accurate dimensional cutting Yup...it sure does making cutting a lot easier and square corners are a snap to set up...just don't press like a gorilla on the wheel cutter or you'll be refinishing the dining room table...Oh yeah, been there, done that with a far to thin cutting mat on which I saved about six bucks! Think Kindly Thoughts. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 02:58:01 -1000 From: david Message-Id: <4hpasp$99t@homenet.hom.net> Organization: Homenet Communications, Inc. Subject: Re: cutting (not melting) ripstop nylon Have you ever thought of doing your cutting on glass? You would eliminate the thought of ruining the dining room table, plus you could put your dimensions underneath the glass and follow them that way. A hot cutter that melts and cuts at the same time keep edges from fraying. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =