I wonder if the "cloth cutter" (like a reallly sharp pizza cutter) works on
Kevlar? I use one for cutting film covering and 'glas cloth and it works
well.
--Bill
>From: Michael Ackerman-Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: [RCSE] cutting Kevlar
>Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 19:26:21 -0700
>
>I was just working with some Kevlar and used a technique I learned from
>my wife(she quilts) that I have not seen mentioned here. Kevlar is
>slippery stuff and I always have a hard time following a straight line
>when I cut it. The trick( if you are cutting across the bolt of
>material, from selveged edge to selvedged edge) is to pull out one of
>the yarns(bundles of fibers) all the way across the cloth, this gives
>you a line of reference to cut to and even if it gets tugged out of line
>you wind up with a straight cut.
>
>Mike in Arcata
>
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