Rotary Trimmer

[jaydee1445]

I've seen talk about the old paper cutters but what about Rotary Trimmers?
http://salestores.com/stores/images/images_747/HRP12.jpg

Looks like just the ticket. $40 :mrgreen:
Martin Yale HRP12 Premier Personal Rotary Trimmer, 12" Cutting Length, Base Size 7 1/8" x 18 1/8" x 3", One button switches between straight and perforated cuts, Easy to read measuring grid improves speed and accuracy, Angular grid makes those tough angle cuts easier to accomplish.
less than $40
http://www.google.com/products?rls=ig&hl=en&q=Martin+Yale+HRP12+Premier+Personal+Rotary+Trimme r&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=_o7BSdepD5WuMs-5lbQN&sa=X&oi=product_result_group&resnum=1&ct=title
Add paper and a roller and you are GTG.
http://www.ryotobacco.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/hump.jpg

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showpost.php?p=523956&postcount=36

[docone31]

I tried one of those.
It sucked.
Cutting the strips made the paper start to be angled, it was slow.
I got a traditional paper cutter and did lots in no time.
I am wondering, if the roller shown here might not just do the biggees. Looks like it has room to drop the boolitt in.

[jaydee1445]

Was it a *** cheapie like the one in the pic or a Professional one like this?
http://www.engineersupply.com/images/products/premier_rotary_trimmer_318_med.jpg

[docone31]

It was actually a good one.
The difficulty was, the strip was too short to be stable during the cut.
I went to a guillotine type and it made short work of it.

[jaydee1445]

10-4.......



I am wondering, if the roller shown here might not just do the biggees. Looks like it has room to drop the boolitt in.

If not it would be an easy fix.

[montana_charlie]

I use a moderately priced rotary paper trimmer, and I can look up the make & model if you wish.

The one described in the opening post is much fancier than needed. For one thing, you will never acually use the 'preforated cuts' feature.

Mine has a bed made of steel, so I use magnets to lock paper in place while I cut it.
When a cut is set up carefully, locked with magnets, and involves multiple layers of paper...you can cut a lot of very precise strips in a very short time.

CM

[powderburnerr]

Fiskars makes about the only one I like to use I was a guillotine cutter for years until I came across the Fiskars . its ro;ler cutter is a couple inches from the edge giving a platform on both sides ,, the ones with the rollers on the edge are considerable harder to manipulate and do cut at a taper especially towards the end of the sheet . The Fiskars supports the paper on both sides of the cut stopping the roll over. ,....Dean... item 416356 from costco under 30.00