Re: Trimming your photos
I wrote: I was out at Office Depot today and saw a variety of paper trimmers, ranging from about $10 to about $100, made by Fiskars, Rotatrim Xacto. After reading the input from the list, I went back to Office Depot this weekend. I ended up w/ a $10-ish X-acto Personal paper trimmer. It's comes w/ a sliding blade (plus 1 refill) and is capable of cutting 11-inch prints. Have been using it a bit and I quite like it. It can cut narrow little strips and it's not too difficult to tell where to cut. Pat in SF __ Do you Yahoo!? Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/
Re: Trimming your photos
On Thu, 23 Oct 2003, Pat wrote: John Francis wrote: I don't do much trimming myself, but I've had good results from my cheap little Fiskars personal trimmer. I think one of the ones I saw yesterday was a Fiskars Personal Paper Trimmer for about $10. It looks like it would fit into a binder? That's a plus as I don't have much storage space. These work pretty well. In fact I find that they work a lot better than the Fiskars rotary trimmer that costs about $40. Get the larger of the personal trimmers though, the short one can't cut the long way on an 11 sheet of paper. You can't beat the price either. alex
Re: Trimming your photos
Pat, I've been using a trimmer I got from Photographer's Edge (www.photographersedge.com). Got it several years ago and use it often. It was around $20 and will cut up to 14 stock. Uses single edge razor blades. You can spend more but why? Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Pat [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PDML [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 11:38 PM Subject: Trimming your photos I think the list has discussed paper cutters before, but I can't seem to find the posts in the archives. My trimming needs are rather modest: trimming 8x10 out of an 8.5x11 sheet, trimming 3-4x6s out of an 8.5x11 sheet, trimming 2-5x7s out of... you guessed it, an 8.5x11 sheet. Economics say that using my current 8.5x11 paper is just the same cost as using individual 4x6s. However, I don't print enough to warrant taking a stack of 8.5x11s to be cut down into 4x6s or 5x7s. Also it seems as if I do a variety of print sizes. Scissors are not much of an option as I can't cut straight. I was out at Office Depot today and saw a variety of paper trimmers, ranging from about $10 to about $100, made by Fiskars, Rotatrim Xacto. Any advice out there? What are others using? Thanks, Pat in SF __ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com
Re: Trimming your photos
On Wed, 22 Oct 2003, William Robb wrote: I also use a rotary trimmer for finish trimming. Of the two, I prefer the rotary, as it can shave a very thin slice off the edge of the print. I'll second that. The Rotatrim I've used is phenomenal. It's seen frequent use for over 5 years and the blade is still sharp enough to shave a hair-thin slice all the way down an 8x10. chris
Re: Trimming your photos
On 23/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: I think the list has discussed paper cutters before, but I can't seem to find the posts in the archives. My trimming needs are rather modest: trimming 8x10 out of an 8.5x11 sheet, trimming 3-4x6s out of an 8.5x11 sheet, trimming 2-5x7s out of... you guessed it, an 8.5x11 sheet. Economics say that using my current 8.5x11 paper is just the same cost as using individual 4x6s. However, I don't print enough to warrant taking a stack of 8.5x11s to be cut down into 4x6s or 5x7s. Also it seems as if I do a variety of print sizes. Scissors are not much of an option as I can't cut straight. I was out at Office Depot today and saw a variety of paper trimmers, ranging from about $10 to about $100, made by Fiskars, Rotatrim Xacto. Any advice out there? What are others using? Dahle. Will trim up to A3 +. Always buy a trimmer that will do one size larger than you need. If you get an A4 trimmer, I guarantee you will need an A3. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
RE: Trimming your photos
Hi Pat, For the letter size paper you mention I use a inexpensive Fiskar Rotary trimmer that I bought at Costco. You still have to pay attention to how you hold the attached cutter head and hold the paper securely or you can get the same corner cutting problem that you usually see on the knife style cutters, where the cutter flares out leaving a not-square corner. But if you are just a bit careful this rotary cutter does a fine job for me. The next step up for me was to buy a Logan Team System cutting rail with a 45º cutter attached. It's much longer than the Fiskars cutter (I have the 18 and I think there is also a longer version) and designed for cutting mat boards (hence the 45º cutter head). But I also use it (even with the 45º cutter) to cut my 13x19 inch paper into 12x16 and so forth. I had to learn to compensate for the 1/8 inch offset of the blade, but that was easy. And of course I now save money by buying the large mat board sheets and cutting my own single and double mats for framing, which allows me a much larger color selection than buying pre-cut mat boards. Hope this helps! - THaller
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On Wed, 22 Oct 2003, William Robb wrote: I also use a rotary trimmer for finish trimming. Of the two, I prefer the rotary, as it can shave a very thin slice off the edge of the print. I'll also go with a rotary trimmer. I use an inexpensive Dahle cut cat, works fine Butch Each man had only one genuine vocation - to find the way to himself. Hermann Hesse (Demian)
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Hi Pat, You wrote; I was out at Office Depot today and saw a variety of paper trimmers The Bigger the better. Here's a wee beastie that will solved all your requirements... the Powermax 1250 http://www.plasma-cutter.com/hypertherm.htm Cheers, Simon
