Cutting Fax Rolls to
Width
There have been various suggestions about cutting fax rolls down to 140 mm
using a lathe or a purpose-built winder assembly and cutting knife, but if
you have not solved this problem already, and have a band saw equipped with
a sanding disk, you may like to try the following:
Mark a line around the roll at 140 mm from one end - using the tip of wrapping
a piece of paper around the roll to get a square edge. Cut the roll pretty
close to the line using the bandsaw. Use the built-in sanding disk to finish
the cut end back to the line. Apart from the outer couple of layers, it gives
a surprisingly 'clean' result. If you make a 'vee' block to hold the roll
square to the sanding disk this helps, but being lazy I just held mine -
very firmly - in my hands. |
