<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version = 6.5.7036.0"> <TITLE>RE: Michael G's New precision felt and cloth cutting jig</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY>  Hello John R and List No, I didn't misunderstand the sandpaper application - I merely = amplified its use to hold any width of felt/cloth by giving the material = an overall support against rucking or any kind of movement under the = knife. And it works! Now that has to be a + J Regards Michael G.(UK) -----Original Message----- From: John Ross [<A = HREF="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A= >] Sent: 19 September 2005 22:06 To: Pianotech Subject: Re: Michael G's New precision felt and cloth cutting = jig If I am reading you correctly, you have misunderstood where the = sandpaper goes. The blade does not touch it. The sandpaper is attached to the bottom of the straight edge you = are using, so you can still use your cutting board, to save the = blade. John M. Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Gamble" = <michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk> To: <alan@forsythalan.wanadoo.co.uk>; = <joegarrett@earthlink.net>; <pianoforte@pianofortesupply.com>; = <ilvey@sbcglobal.net>; <pianotech@ptg.org>; = <ron@overspianos.com.au> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 5:20 PM Subject: Michael G's New precision felt and cloth cutting = jig > Hello All > Well, I've done it! And here's the evidence. It is a very = simple tool/jig > based on the sandpaper suggestions, but using the reverse side = of > hardboard > instead of sand paper. This makes it "kind" to the = cutting edge of the > rotary blade. The width of strip than can be cut is variable = from 1.75" > down > to 1/8" and the thickness of felt is up to about = 1/8" - but this can be > modified as required. > Picture 1. shows the overall tool > Picture 2. shows close-up of one of the adjustment = arms. > Hope you all like it! > Regards from Darkest Sussex where "necessity is the = mother of invention" > Michael G.(UK) > Ps. Remember I invented it first!! > > > Download Photoshop(R) Album 2.0 Starter Edition free to create = your own > photo slideshows! > <A = HREF="http://www.adobe.com/getstarteredition">http://www.adobe.com/gets= tarteredition</A> > --------------------------------------------------------------------= ------------ > = _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: <A = HREF="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">http://www.ptg.org= /mailman/listinfo/pianotech</A> > </BODY> </HTML>