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Best cutter for Film
On 6/9/2009 5:31 AM Garry spake thus:
Anyone care to offer an informed opinion on the best cutter for sheet film? My only experience was way back in the day where the studio I worked at as a young buck bought 8x10 buy the van load and yours truly would use a guillotine(non rotary) cutter to cut to the required size. Do rotary cutters work better? Based on my experience cutting various things, I'd say the standard paper cutter would be the best. (Not a guillotine, which would consist of a vertical-moving blade; only big paper cutters, like the ones printers use, have that.) Results in the least handling and potential scratching of the film stock. Who knew when I joined this group some time ago I'd be deluged with such helpful solititations for so many useful products that I never knew I needed. ;-} Yes, Usenet is turning into Spam Central, isn't it? Blame Google and their misbegotten Google Groups (aka SpamPortal) for much of that. -- Found--the gene that causes belief in genetic determinism |
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Best cutter for Film
"David Nebenzahl" wrote in message .com... On 6/9/2009 5:31 AM Garry spake thus: Anyone care to offer an informed opinion on the best cutter for sheet film? My only experience was way back in the day where the studio I worked at as a young buck bought 8x10 buy the van load and yours truly would use a guillotine(non rotary) cutter to cut to the required size. Do rotary cutters work better? Based on my experience cutting various things, I'd say the standard paper cutter would be the best. (Not a guillotine, which would consist of a vertical-moving blade; only big paper cutters, like the ones printers use, have that.) Results in the least handling and potential scratching of the film stock. I think that a "true" guillotine would probably be best, because they usually clamp down on the item before the blade makes the cut. But I'd be willing to bet that the OP probably doesn't have one of those in his darkroom! I agree with David N that a standard paper cutter would be best, especially if the blade handle is gently pushed toward the baseboard as the cut is made. I think that a rotary cutter might tend to push the material in the direction of the cut, possibly scratching it against the baseboard. |
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Best cutter for Film
On 6/9/2009 1:20 PM K W Hart spake thus:
"David Nebenzahl" wrote in message .com... On 6/9/2009 5:31 AM Garry spake thus: Anyone care to offer an informed opinion on the best cutter for sheet film? My only experience was way back in the day where the studio I worked at as a young buck bought 8x10 buy the van load and yours truly would use a guillotine(non rotary) cutter to cut to the required size. Do rotary cutters work better? Based on my experience cutting various things, I'd say the standard paper cutter would be the best. (Not a guillotine, which would consist of a vertical-moving blade; only big paper cutters, like the ones printers use, have that.) Results in the least handling and potential scratching of the film stock. I think that a "true" guillotine would probably be best, because they usually clamp down on the item before the blade makes the cut. But I'd be willing to bet that the OP probably doesn't have one of those in his darkroom! Probably not. I used to have such a cutter (a 20" Polar to go with my Heidelberg press when I owned a print shop). The best way to cut film would be on such a cutter, in a stack with padding at the top and bottom. Of course, you'd have to figure out a way to get all the lights out, which wouldn't be easy, especially on new modren cutters that have display screens and other lights that can't be turned off. -- Found--the gene that causes belief in genetic determinism |
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