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| palmer6strings:
I have one of those board cutters with the long bladed handle, and while it's nice for just cutting a stack of paper, it's not very precise. It leaves a lot of white edges. And to actually get it perfect it takes a couple of minutes per sheet. To where if I just use a metal ruler and Xacto knife I can get 1 cover way faster. |
| TDIRunner:
--- Quote from: palmer6strings on March 08, 2016, 12:56:40 PM ---I have one of those board cutters with the long bladed handle, and while it's nice for just cutting a stack of paper, it's not very precise. It leaves a lot of white edges. And to actually get it perfect it takes a couple of minutes per sheet. To where if I just use a metal ruler and Xacto knife I can get 1 cover way faster. --- End quote --- I wasn't talking about cutting a stack of paper at once. I was taking about cutting one sheet at a time, which with a paper cutter takes less than 10 seconds for all four edges with no white edges and perfectly straight cuts. There is no way I can do the same with a straight edge and knife. May be others can, but it's not for me. After about 5 pages, I would start to get sloppy with a straight edge and make mistakes. Not a problem with a paper cutter. |
| palmer6strings:
No I understand man, I wasn't trying to come off like I was saying you're wrong. Sorry if I did. I was meaning that's just how I prefer it because my paper cutter is a piece of shit lol. I'm not going to even try to tell anyone that their method of cutting paper is wrong. It's just whatever works best for thy individual. |
| TDIRunner:
--- Quote from: palmer6strings on March 08, 2016, 03:35:47 PM ---No I understand man, I wasn't trying to come off like I was saying you're wrong. Sorry if I did. I was meaning that's just how I prefer it because my paper cutter is a piece of shit lol. I'm not going to even try to tell anyone that their method of cutting paper is wrong. It's just whatever works best for thy individual. --- End quote --- No, I didn't take it that way, I was just clarifying. I only mentioned it because at one point in time, someone told me (honestly don't remember who) that they didn't get straight cuts with a paper cutter. The solution is pretty simple. Get a better paper cutter. :P The same thing would happen if you bought a shitty straight edge that was bent or warped or if you weren't using a sharp knife. In that case the straight edge/knife method wouldn't give you good cuts either. And again, the solution would be to buy a better straight edge or knife. When I first started out here, I was printing my covers on cheap copy paper with my old HP printer on standard settings. Needless to say, those covers looked like crap. I also used my wife's old paper cutter from her scrap book room. This thing was old and had a $0.50 price tag from an old garage sale. This blade was so dull, it would tear the paper more than cut it. So then I had crappy quality paper and prints with torn edges. It didn't take long for me to start buying some good quality paper, along with a new printer and of course a new paper cutter with replaceable blades. And now I'm finally caught up with 100% of my game collection (approx. 1,300 games) in either their original cases or some type of custom case and cover. |
| xspankyxduckx:
Beings I do custom dvd covers as well Im still about 200 covers behind on cutting haha. I have a paper cuter I got at hobby lobby it does alright I just cant seen to line it up that fast. Its my bevel I use I think that makes it hard for me to see. |
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