Paper Cuttters?

[.22-10-45]

What brand of paper cutters are you guys using? I see reference to rotary..I am only familiar with the vertical swinging blade type. Thanks.

[country gent]

Mine is a trimair by westcott. It is a rotary cutter and works very well for me. Both cutter and cut strip are easily replaceabable. I have replace the angled "take away" strip with a sheet meatal plate that has an adjustable stop on it. I can setwidth of patch and cut strips, then tape the angleguide on and cut the actual patches. Next is a mount to hold the rolls of Seth Cole drafting paper on the back side. Works great wasnt overly expensive and will cut a bunch of patches quick.

[docone31]

I use a piece of vynl curtain. My cats keep breaking off pieces, and it is purrfect. I use the strips to wrap 6mm, 30cal, and 7.62 and .303. It goes from just above the first bearing ring to making a tail to trim after drying.
I have done this for years and haven't run out of pieces to use. I cut my patch angles by using the thickness of the piece of curtain and making a 45* cut at the top.
Works for me.

[Old Coot]

I use an old guilotene paper cutter with a big blade that will take my fingers off if I don't watch what I'm doing, with marks made by a sharpy to give me length, width and angle. The system works pretty well for me. Brodie

[edwin41]

same here as old coot , an old guilotene cutter. but i have made a steel guide to it , in the right angle.

[John Boy]

Works for me and has for a long time ...
http://www.amazon.com/26202C-Designe...055218&sr=1-10

[Huvius]

Works for me and has for a long time ...
http://www.amazon.com/26202C-Designe...055218&sr=1-10

I use a similar cutter and have marked out different marks for varying patches out on the grid.
The grid is useful for getting the angles right.

[barrabruce]

Started with template out of a tin lid and scissors to see what I needed.
Still using one of the two I first made.
I fold my A4 page into a strip .....mark lines ....and cut out 8 at a time.
Plenty good enough for me.

[303Guy]

I do it the hard way. My patches are curved to suite my tapered boolits so I draw them on CAD then print a page of them which I then laboriously cut out with a pair of scissors! Making a curved metal template and using it with a sharp knife would be far more productive. On the up side, I can make my patches fit as neatly and anyone can, using guide lines printed on the patch which I also use to set the seating depth. A mass production method it is not! But it's fun.

[ryan28]

I have 3 different cutters, but find a utility knife and a metal ruler are the most efficient method for me to cut the long strips, and a metal template for the angles. Slow but time I got lots of.

[Haggway]

I use a photo cutter. It has the angles on it and the cutters slide.

[.22-10-45]

303Guy..Thats the first time I have heard of using curved patches for tapered bullets. Could you explain what amount of curve..or how you determine? Thanks.

[Nobade]

Same as Old Coot. Big plastic cutter, with a strip of masking tape laid across it to establish the angle and give me a place to mark the length of each caliber's patch.

-Nobade

[zuke]

Here's mine with a couple mod's.

[Ballistics in Scotland]

I use an old guilotene paper cutter with a big blade that will take my fingers off if I don't watch what I'm doing, with marks made by a sharpy to give me length, width and angle. The system works pretty well for me. Brodie

You must be doing it right, then, or you would have noticed. I think a guillotine is more likely to work without the strips moving than a rotary one, but you could make a 45 degree guide with cardboard and stick it to the bed with double sided tape. I have a cheapo one with the blade formed from bent sheet steel into an inverted L section, but it has worked fine on lots of heavier work than patches for quite a while.