<br><br> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/24/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Farrell</b> <<a href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</a>> wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div bgcolor="#ffffff"> <div><font face="Verdana">Hi Jurgen,</font></div> <div><font face="Verdana"></font> </div> <div><font face="Verdana">I had a guillotine cutter some time back, but seem to have lost it some years ago. It seemed to perform so-so. I like your design. What kind of a blade do you have on this? Also, it looks like there would be some wiggle to your blade arm here - what keeps it striking/cutting in exactly the same spot? Is the white stuff a replaceable chopping surface? Polyethylene-type plastic stuff? How tall is your stop block? How wide is the blade? Any other close-up pictures available? </font></div> <div><font face="Verdana"></font> </div> <div><font face="Verdana">Better yet and easier for you, just send me the darn jig!   <strong>;-)</strong></font></div> <div><font face="Verdana"></font> </div> <div><font face="Verdana">Thanks.</font></div> <div><font face="Verdana"></font> </div> <div><font face="Verdana">Terry Farrell</font></div> <blockquote dir="ltr" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <div><span class="e" id="q_1149777717c9a3fc_1"> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </div>I can't exactly picture what you are envisioning for a felt cutter, but here is my version: This is a felt cutter that I use for cutting all kinds of blocks and pieces, including very small and narrow bits. It is a cutter I made myself, essentially a modified version of what I "grew up with" in my apprenticeship. <br>The blade cuts on 1/4 butcher block and stays sharp for a very long time. <br><br>I had considered making and selling these, but I realized there is just too much time involved in assembly and finishing to make it profitable. (One more reason so many professional jigs are made from plastic - no finishing involved) <br><br>The design is fairly straight forward, so anyone can make one of these. This cutter will perform better than the guillotines, which I find somewhat imprecise.<br><br>Jurgen Goering<br>Piano Forte Supply<br>(250) 754-2440 <br><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:info@pianofortesupply.com" target="_blank">info@pianofortesupply.com</a><br><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.pianofortesupply.com/" target="_blank"> http://www.pianofortesupply.com</a><br><br></span></div> <p> <hr> <p></p> <p> <center><img></center> <p> <hr> <p></p><br> <p> <hr> <p></p> <p> <center><img></center> <p> <hr> <p></p><br>On Aug 23, 2007, at 20:16, Gordon Stelter wrote:<br> <blockquote><br>This Ivers and Pond action makes me wonder if<br>someone oughtn't come up with ...snip...<br></blockquote><br> <blockquote>.<br>Speaking of which: The "Guillotine" type action<br>felt choppers are pretty useless for the tiny pieces<br>used under the butt buckskin ( which I'm replacing<br>with Ecsaine (TM)) etc.. So I was lying in bed last <br>night, wondering if a micro "paper cutter" type gizmo<br>might be devised, for these. So far, all that's<br>occurred to me has been to get a good quality, <br>"slop-free" 1/4" drive mini "Breaker bar" ( Snap-on, <br>Craftsmnan, etc.) and mount, somehow, a razor blade,<br>or box-cutter blade, to the under side of the handle,<br>with the square drive tip end firmly attached to a<br>sturdy base. Some sort of aluminum fence, for<br>straightness, and vinyl base-board molding <br>( my favorite stuff to cut felt on ) to keep the razor<br>from dulling too soon. <br>Has anybody else "tackled" this issue of<br>precision, tiny felt cutting ? Got a better idea ?<br><br>G<br></blockquote> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></blockquote></div></blockquote></div> <div>  I am not envisioning what, exactly, you are cutting. I have used for precision cutting the Craftsman Handi cut</div> <div>  it looks like a garden shears but it has a sharp precision blade on one jaw and a flat surface on the other. I have used it for cutting damper felt in the field. I first used it for cutting and trimming a whole set of dampers for a grand I was doing in a joint venture with another tech. I had left my felt guillotine at my shop because I was sure he had one, he didn't and I would have lost  several hours going back to get mine. I had my handicut with me, we tried it and it worked very well. </div> <div>Both the cutter and flat jaw are replacable as they wear or dull as the case may be. As I say I don't know if this would work for your application but it's something to consider.<br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br> Michael Magness<br>Magness Piano Service<br>608-786-4404<br><a href="http://www.IFixPianos.com">www.IFixPianos.com</a><br>email <a href="mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com">mike@ifixpianos.com</a> </div>