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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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(...) 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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| | Re: Cutting baseplates (Was: Green plate sizes?)
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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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