tearing bushing cloth

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William writes:

<<  A big piece of 

bushing cloth is not cheap, and that first tear went at an angle.  I tore 

fairly quickly, thinking it proper, and over the course of about 30cm, the 

cloth went from about 9mm wide to about 17mm wide.


What did I do wrong???  Or is there a bias to the material that you can't 

discover until you tear the first strip?  Then, do the following strips tear 

straight?  >>

Greetings, 
        Most large pieces of bushing cloth will have a cut edge and a torn 
edge.  If you examine it carefully, you will see which side should be torn.  
What happened here is that you began tearing on the cut side and the cut didn't 
follow the warp,(or woof) of the fabric.  You can tear that odd shaped piece 
into thinner strips, leaving only one small triangular shaped edge if you tear 
it again, starting 9mm from the previously torn edge you did. 
Regards,  



Ed Foote RPT 
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