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Cutting Rags

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TwinCreek

04-07-2004 05:02:28




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I have alot of old shirts, ets. to use for shop rags. Anyone have any fast easy way to cut shop rags out of them, other than using scissors? Thanks.




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Fred OH

04-08-2004 04:04:48




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 Re: Cutting Rags in reply to TwinCreek, 04-07-2004 05:02:28  
Well, some folks never have an original idea in their life. Hmmm...If you got a chopsaw or a cutoff wheel on a pedestal grinder...just give the rag a twist where you want to cut it at and touch it to the cutoff wheel and it will slice it in two faster than you can grin and say "thanks Fred"! I guarantee theres no faster way. Please don't try a table saw no matter how much the urge hits you...it'd probably jerk it and you in there and spit you out looking like meat. I use a 14" cutoff wheel on an old pedestal grinder that I got down the road at the mall...(read junk yard)...but that's my mall. Fred OH

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Dale in WV

04-07-2004 17:25:07




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 Re: Cutting Rags in reply to TwinCreek, 04-07-2004 05:02:28  
RZ has the right idea -- only he didnt mention whilst ripping away the rotary cutter, also snarf the cutting mat she uses in cutting quilt pieces. Its all fabric so it cuts the same -- not like you're cutting sandpaper with it (oops). dll



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RZ(Wa)

04-08-2004 09:49:37




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 Re: Re: Cutting Rags in reply to Dale in WV, 04-07-2004 17:25:07  
Couldn't fit the cutting mat in my pocket or I might have tried ;). You're right, it doesn't do sandpaper very well.



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Slowpoke

04-08-2004 01:27:18




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 Re: Re: Cutting Rags in reply to Dale in WV, 04-07-2004 17:25:07  
I got one of those heavy duty cutters, simillar to tin snips. Makes it easy to cut off buttons, shoulder pads, zippers and waistbands. I tried the rotary cutter, and am afraid of running it across a finger a second time. I get lots of free shirts and other clothing just before the flea market closes, as people can't sell them and just leave it. Mostly women's clothes. I try and pick out all 100% cotton, and usually the stuff has just been freshly washed. Sometimes charity rummage sales will sell a bag for a $1, your choice.

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Mike M

04-07-2004 12:20:11




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 Re: Cutting Rags in reply to TwinCreek, 04-07-2004 05:02:28  
You must be neater than me. I have to use the whole thing for my messes.lol



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RZ(Wa)

04-07-2004 10:03:29




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 Re: Cutting Rags in reply to TwinCreek, 04-07-2004 05:02:28  
The wife has a Rotary Cutter made by Olfa that she uses to cut her sewing fabrics. Unlike a knife or scissors, it makes for a very clean cut and it will cut through multiple layers without binding up. The only problem I've had is that she is more possessive of it than her toothbrush, so I had to go out and buy one for myself (works great for cutting leather gaskets and such). Find a lady that does sewing or quilting, she can let you know who sells them in your area.

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Miss Grundy

04-07-2004 16:30:52




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 Re: Re: Cutting Rags in reply to RZ(Wa), 04-07-2004 10:03:29  
I will let you borrow mine!



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RZ(Wa)

04-08-2004 09:32:59




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 Re: Re: Re: Cutting Rags in reply to Miss Grundy, 04-07-2004 16:30:52  
Your cutter or your toothbrush?:)



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RWK in WI

04-07-2004 07:06:39




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 Re: Cutting Rags in reply to TwinCreek, 04-07-2004 05:02:28  
Making rags is a rainy / snowy day job in the workshop. We mount a sharp knife blade sticking up in a vise and just pull the item against the blade to start it and then rip. While a sharp knife sticking up may not be the safest thing we find it safer than trying to pick up the knife each time.



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RWK in WI

04-07-2004 07:03:08




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 Re: Cutting Rags in reply to TwinCreek, 04-07-2004 05:02:28  
Making rags is a rainy / snowy day job in the workshop. We mount a sharp knife blade sticking up in a vise and just pull the item against the blade to start it and then rip. While a sharp knife sticking up may not be the safest thing we find it safer than trying to pick up the knife each time.



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TimV

04-07-2004 06:16:40




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 Re: Cutting Rags in reply to TwinCreek, 04-07-2004 05:02:28  
Twincreek: The standard way is to rip them. You may have to cut the edge (a utility knife works for me) but then they should rip cleanly along a seam or up whatever thread line was cut by the knife.



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