Tell me to change my rotary blade!!!
#12
Darn, I didn't think of that and just threw 2 away. I do have a cardboard cutting project they would have been awesome for. Maybe the trash in the sewing room still has them.....
#13
i have spent my life using items to the last possible usage. so i tend to do the same with my rotary blade. while traveling, i had to buy a new cutter as i'd forgotten mine. what a pleasure it was to use a new blade! Change Your Blade!
#15
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Vermont
Posts: 1,095
CHANGE YOUR BLADE!!! then cut off some selvedge, write today's date on it with a marker and tie it to the handle of your blade. If you sew a lot and cut a lot, a new blade every two months is not too much to ask! Maybe even sooner, depending on how much you cut.
#18
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Corpus Christi, Tx.
Posts: 16,105
If it has a nick or two, it goes to the paper cutting box. 15 seconds to change a blade and clean the lint from the cutter. How long has that blade been used on how many quilt creations?! yep time to change the blade.
#19
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Wichita Falls, TX
Posts: 640
Change your Blade. (You asked me to say that) I buy the 5-pack blades when my local fabric store has them on sale for 40% or 50% off or when I have a coupon. That makes the blades less expensive to use. Also, we pay thousands of dollars on a machine, so what is a few dollars for a new blade? Quilting is supposed to be fun and a dull blade takes the fun out of it. Keep it sharp...keep it fun!
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