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Hold on--cutting up flimsy baseplates doesn't send you to the Dark Side. They make them flimsy on purpose so you can cut out just what you need. Right? I only do it with the huge gray ones to make custom floors inside my buildings. (Nobody remember (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) buildings. (...) I must admit that I have cut a few straight road plates in half. How have you done it? I used an exacto knife, but had trouble cutting in a straight line despite using a ruler. Also, Do you cut from the top side or the bottom? (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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Ooh. I have to admit I'm not very good at those cuts. Exacto would take forever and wear out your blade I think. I just use scissors. Let us know if you hit on any other sharp solutions. One tip: put a brick on the plate and try to cut at a slant (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) you (...) line (...) Patience. Clamp the plate and ruler together and make many (MANY!) light cuts along the surface of the plate (1). This takes a while but it works! Will Lego Beach Department of Emergency Services www.crosswinds.net/~hokie (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I haven't tried, but you should be able to get a nice clean edge by scoring with a knife (one pass) and then snapping. If done right, you don't break either piece. You also shouldn't feel bad about cutting base plates. In just a brief look at (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Has anyone tried using a big paper cutter? You might need to clamp it down somehow to prevent it from pulling to the side but it may work pretty well. John member #388 (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) For some reason (ie, "I heard somewhere, at sometime"), I was thinking that baseplates were formed by more of a continuous sheet-feed mechanism. Some kind of vacuum-forming, but with higher precision. Steve (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) forever (...) on (...) would (...) You might try taping the base plate to a piece of plywood (use double stick tape) and cutting it in a bandsaw. This would allow you to use a fence to get a strait cut and a bandsaw produces a very small kerf. (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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Exacto knives work just fine with baseplates, just get a metal ruler, hold it down firmly on the bottom of the baseplate, and VERY lightly slide the knife across the first time to set the cut line. Then you can bear down afterwards and cut through (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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