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Old 22-08-2010, 10:15 PM
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Default handy tool to cut uniform buzzer cheeks or even make your own tinsel.

Take two stanley knife blades and stick them back to back ensuring they are aligned. Wrapping one end with tape can make them safer to handle.

Use this as a blade to cut out uniform strips from materials such as crisp packets or holographic wrapping papers etc. By adding padding between the blade you can adjust the width of the cut to suit what you want.

This way you will always get uniform width material quickly.

Without a buffer between the blades you get a width of about 1/69". Ideal for fine ribbing or smaller buzzer checks.

So now you can turn your crisp packets, sweet wrappers, plastic holographic wrapping papers etc into fish food with ease .

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Guess where I got the blades and wrapping paper
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Guess where I got the blades and wrapping paper
Wilkinsons? I love Wilkinsons!

Great tip bob! Will save the embarrassment of me going into work with Dorito packets, commandeering the guillotine, and having to explain what exactly i am doing!

Then again, don't they use that multi blade device for slitting opium poppies to bleed out the opium, i've seen it on telly? I do worry about the company i am keeping on here!
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