jtomason Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Even with a straight edge I still can't cut this stuff in a straight line... Any words of wisdom before I totally lose it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
service call Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 I use the Coro cutter or an envelope opener Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robongar Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Use a steel straight edge and take your time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtomason Posted December 22, 2016 Author Share Posted December 22, 2016 On 12/20/2016 at 9:01 PM, robongar said: Use a steel straight edge and take your time Even that didn't work... LOL.. Oh well, I got it done, and fortunately my inept coro-cutting didn't cause any discernable problems.. Some silicone helped fix what I screwed up... LOL The Candy Canes are FINALLY built and are being sequenced - and that's what's important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.Y.R.G. Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 Wow still working on the display 3 days before Christmas.....brutal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtomason Posted December 23, 2016 Author Share Posted December 23, 2016 Yeah, I'm a small(ish) show, so generally I can afford to start after Thanksgiving - which I had to this year since we were away. I decided last minute to order RGB stuff, and went through all of the growing pains while the non-RGB show was running. I plan to be more timely next year, but you know what they say about plans.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerrymac Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 If you are cutting along the flute the VERY simple and VERY easy way is with a coro cutter (cheap, fast and great). cutting across the flute is a bit more difficult.VERY sharp box cutter and a metal ruler with a large piece of cardboard under the coro or a scrap piece of coro works pretty good but you MUST go slowly, and Watch out for your fingers NEVER NEVER towards yourself. Don't be a cheap scat change the blade often. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtomason Posted December 23, 2016 Author Share Posted December 23, 2016 This was across the flute, because to make the curves requires you to slice through the outer wall of the flute. I did exactly as you said, yet still managed to screw it up. Perhaps some of us just weren't born to cut coroplast... <shrug> When I build the second pair of canes I will farm out that part to someone with skills. Sequencing the damned things was much easier than building them!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebuechner Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 I end up going a little OCD when I do my Coro builds. I use my table saw to cut the side pieces so they match up in size perfectly. And I make my cuts to bend the Coro on the inside so I don't have any water penetration into open Coro that might freeze and expand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtomason Posted December 24, 2016 Author Share Posted December 24, 2016 I'm a little light on the whole workshop concept, sadly. Maybe when next we move. A table saw would certainly seem to be much easier. Good point on the inside cuts, although I don't have to worry about that much here. Still 70 degrees at half past midnight... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebuechner Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 7 hours ago, jtomason said: Still 70 degrees at half past midnight... It seems like everybody down south likes to rub that in . around here that kind of talk might get you a snowball in the ear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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