(Part 2) Best paper trimmers & blades according to redditors
We found 125 Reddit comments discussing the best paper trimmers & blades. We ranked the 52 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
Here ya go fam.
Yes! Our entire cost for the photo booth was around $200 -
$80 for a canon selphy photo printer (ebay)
$50 for the simple booth app
$10 for an iPad tripod
$10 for a photo cutter
$20 for extra printer paper (we had about 80 guests and still have some left over)
$25 for photo booth ['accessories']
(https://www.amazon.com/Graduation-Birthdays-Accessories-Christmas-GreenLF/dp/B074DZT2JM/ref=sr_1_8?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1519329542&sr=1-8&keywords=photo+booth+props)
We already had the box lights but you can find a set of two for around ~$50.
You can do it cheaper if you don't want to print photos... I really wanted to have doubles of every strip for our guestbook. We had guests tape their 'extra' strip into a paper scrapbook and write little notes. It's one of my favorite mementos.
You can also set up the app to email/text photos guests, in addition to sending copies to a dropbox or a tumblr and then you could share the link with guests.
It was really simple and so much cheaper than any professional service I researched.
The two most common devices for automatic cutting on the consumer market are the cricut and Silhoutte Cameo. It's fairly straight forward to just cut squares out of the box, but it might not save you any time over a paper guillotine.
Also, I'd recommend just getting spray glue and making a mask for the gluing part. Spray glue is the best.
So i haven't DM'd in years, since having kids. Decided when kids were old enough i would DM Dungeon world cause of its ease and flexibility.
Oldest is only 4 but hanging out w/ other Dads i was surprised at the enthusiasm to play D&D. So i thought, why not get ready now and invite a couple over to play a oneShot while the kids played.
I pre made some characters (some like 90% e.g. leaving cleric's religion blank). But also made templates if it goes well and they want to create or modify their characters.
Plan to make a GM tin too. maybe some mini maps/tokens. or at least GM Moves, MM cards, and spare dice, & tokens.
Edit: Wow thanks everyone for the positive feedback. Sorry it took so long (3 kids and my oldest is 4!) but here is the link to everything i made so far, I wish i could give credit to the character images but i just googled them:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1hxYY_MtgvOf9xTnGawrNFhdSkTIegAra
And here are the amazon links:
The tins (make sure its the big ones)
Mini pencils
Business card sleeves
Also i've had something like this for years for cutting straight lines easy:
https://www.amazon.com/Paper-Cutter-Automatic-Safeguard-Guillotine/dp/B0757DJR8J
I'll throw my vote in for a sharpening stone. If he doesn't already have a nice sharpening set, maybe consider getting him something like a nice diamond sharpening stone; I've seen them for $50 or less.
Tools are always nice. Here are some suggestions to think about:
~ microplane grater
~ Japanese mandolines can be fun to have around.
~ Fish spatulas can be a handy tool.
~ Does he have a good quality peeler? Everyone has a "normal" peeler, but I like to have a good quality horizontal peeler, like one of these, to use sometimes.
~ Does he do a lot of baking? If so, maybe some silicone baking mats for his baking sheets, or maybe some parchment paper.
~ Does he like to use fresh citrus juice very much? Does he have a citrus reamer?
~ Does he like to use fresh garlic? Maybe a garlic press?
~ Silicone spatulas?
~ Does he have a pepper grinder for fresh ground pepper?
~ Does he have a set of mise en place bowls or something to use to keep his stuff organized when he's working?
~ Does he have a scale? You can find plenty of options for home-use digital scales that can weigh up to 11 or 12 pounds, and use either pounds, or grams (if he's doing anything metric.)
~ Something like a good quality cast iron pan can be a lifetime investment, because if they're well cared for, he'll be able to pass it on to his grandkids someday.
~ A dutch oven will always be useful to serious home cooks. The enameled cast iron type are very popular, but they come in many different sizes and shapes, so keep that in mind when picking one out.
~ Knives are always nice. Paring knife, utility knife, serrated slicer, etc.
Those are just a few suggestions that popped into mind. Good luck, I hope you find something nice for him.
EasyCut Replacement Blades, Standard, 81pc, 09703 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NXVV4DH/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_rCNWCbPHQ37NF
Link to blades on amazon!
Tipo questa? ^^mobbasta ^^però
Pen turning is an excellent hobby! For making pens, some things you'll need might include:
Note: Of course there are a million ways to do everything. I don't promote any of the links, they're just examples to show what the tools look like.
Ten bucks:
https://www.amazon.com/ELMERS-X-Acto-Retract--Blade-Blue-X3204/dp/B007XZTC90
You didn't say so in the text, but I'm going to assume that you cut away the cover first and are just trying to remove the part that holds the pages bound together.
When bookbinders are putting those bindings in place, they also have to cut the pages square to make them line up. For this purpose, they use heavy-duty varieties of paper cutters, which cut the pages neatly and without mess.
Honestly, I'd recommend you visit a bookbinder, and just ask them to unbind those books for you; they have the tools and the skill. A circular saw cut (or any other saw cut, really) is never going to be clean unless maybe if you glued the pages together first, but that would defeat the purpose of what you're trying to accomplish.
The 110lb Index is an uncoated cover stock. As the name suggests, it is the same material they make 3x5 index cards with. There is no coating, so ink will soak into the stock and hold nicely.
The 67lb Vellum Bristol is coated with a soft matte. It is significantly lighter in weight than the index. The coating on this stock is fairly light compared to other kinds of card and cover stock, but will be more prone to smudging than the 110lb Index. It will still work for your purposes since the coating is light and not a glossy cover.
The weights of paper stocks can be confusing. You can find an in depth explanation of weights here and here. The main point being that each category of stock will have a different way of measuring weights. The universal way to tell what stock is heavier/thicker is through the metric grams per square meter (gsm).
I personally would recommend the 110lb Index over the 67lb Vellum Bristol. I prefer an uncoated stock when working with my notebooks. The thickness between the two stocks aren't terribly apparent at a quick glance (200 gsm for the Index vs 140 gsm for the Vellum Bristol), but you'll definitely notice a difference with prolonged use.
Most consumer guillotines are prone to warping and creating a non-straight cut due to the curved blade. I would recommend a rotary trimmer.
I hope this is helpful for you! Feel free to ask anything else that comes to mind.
Source: am a print services supervisor for a large retail printing facility.
I usually laminate and then cut - especially for things like tickets. I use a paper cutter like this https://www.amazon.com/JIELISI-Paper-Trimmer-Portable-Scrapbooking/dp/B00LX3QKN4/ref=sr_1_5?s=arts-crafts&ie=UTF8&qid=1502450207&sr=1-5&keywords=sliding+paper+cutter . It makes cutting faster and more precise.
use this pls https://www.amazon.com/X-ACTO-Commercial-Square-Guillotine-Trimmer/dp/B002JGMIA8
I'll give you some practical suggestions. Start with a box knife or xacto knife. You'll want several blades because the sharpness really matters to get a clean cut. You'll also want a metal ruler for measuring and to help cut straight lines. But even better IMO is to add a paper trimmer and break off the blade track from the bottom. It won't cut all the way through but it's way easier to cut straight pieces if you use it to do an initial cut.
Next, get some pins with plastic caps on the end (so you can pull them out). In addition to holding pieces together while they dry, I use them to test everything for fit before I commit to gluing. The glue I use it just some craft glue.
I got all of this and the foam board in one trip to Walmart. It's super easy to get into.
One more piece of advice: it might be attractive to make your first insert for the game that gives you the most organizational trouble. But you should really start small. You'll learn a lot your first few times and making a big game with a lot of pieces fit back in the box with an insert can be hard. I did Merchants and Marauders first. I forgot to leave room for the board so now it doesn't close all the way. Whoops.
I have an Xacto circle cutter.... https://www.amazon.com/X-ACTO-X2020-Designer-Circle-Cutter/dp/B004DNX71E
I've had mine for a few years (didn't buy it for my current project), but I think it was this one or something like this one:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01174H37K/
Mine is by no means a high quality cutter (it's a little off true), but with a little caution it works fast and easy. Just make sure you get one that's fairly large (the little ones intended for cutting four or five sheets at a time will not work. Any A4 or larger guillotine cutter should work with a little fiddling.
Based on the middling reviews on mine, you might be better off with this one: https://www.amazon.com/HFS-Heavy-Guillotine-Paper-Cutter/dp/B00NO7PYYI/
Time to get a paper slicer.
I bought one of these guys a little while back.
https://www.amazon.com/Yescom-Capacity-Cutting-Industrial-Guillotine/dp/B0024CW2N0
I mean like an office paper cutter
https://www.amazon.com/Dahle-Automatic-Adjustable-Gridlines-Guillotine/dp/B07CL9C6CR
Like this, but with a lot more protection around the blade top keep it from cutting anything more than a fingertip.
Here's all the files you'll need.
For the paper, I just use standard 8.5x14" Legal paper. My printer has a duplexer, but it won't duplex legal, so I had to do a manual duplex (flipping the paper over by hand and printing everything again). The cover is 65lb Bristol Board and was manually duplexed as well.
My books have 10 pages in them, which is made by two sides of 5 sheets of paper. The pages print 2-up per page and they are cut down the middle long-ways, that way when you fold them in half, the score sheet appears on the front page and the notes page ends up on the back of the score sheet. 5 sheets of paper make two books. I have a paper cutter that can cut the full length of the legal sheet, but if you don't, you can simply use a straight edge and a razor blade, or if you have a regular paper cutter, you can just fold the pages in half on the short edge, then cut them in half on the long edge.
Once everything is stapled, I round the corners using a corner cutter. Here's a cheaper corner cutter, but it can't handle the whole book at once. I have both of those corner cutters, and the cheaper one comes in very handy for other projects I do.
In that link is both Trap and Skeet books. I have a doubles sheet, but I need to finish the cover. Once I get done with it, it'll be in that link as well.