OMG!!! Why didn't I change my rotary cutter blade a week ago....instead of trying to squeeze a few more cuts out of the old one??? Do you do that too??? or is it just me?? I hate throwing the blades in the garbage!
...but what an amazing difference!! It is like I just discovered slice bread!
It's like not changing the needle on your sewing machine until it breaks...... I think we all do that to.
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Ditto------I do the same, even though I have stocked up on new blades when I have a Joann's coupon. I'll remember your post next time i try to squeeze a few more cuts our of a dull/nicked blade.
ReplyDeleteI do the same thing - use the darn thing until it can't cut any more and there is no excuse really - I always have at least one extra blade on hand if not a package of 5. I don't change my needles as often as I should either.
ReplyDeleteI know;I do it too.
ReplyDeleteThere are little machines you can get to sharpen the dull ones and reuse them...
ReplyDeleteYes, I need to do that too. And what a difference it makes in the work.
ReplyDeleteDo you mean you're supposed to change the blades!!! Ha Ha
ReplyDeletetee hee, I'm guilty of that too! I do keep the old blades for paper cutting etc though!
ReplyDeleteisn't it insane? I get the same thrill with a newly cleaned iron, or a freshly oiled & vacuumed machine. lol
ReplyDelete~Monika
I do the same thing! But they don't go directly into the garbage, first they go into a spare cutter, to be used for paper until the next time I change a blade. And I actually save them in an old container so nobody gets cut with them in the garbage. Happy to have found you, through the Winter White Block Exchange, now a new follower!
ReplyDeleteBlades are so costly and I fret over what to do with them when they're not good for cutting anymore. Has anyone tried one of those rotary blade sharpeners? I wonder if they work. Both of my rotary cutters that need their blades replaced RIGHT NOW but I delay ... Thanks for the reminder to replace them and start 2013 with fresh blades.
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