Paper Cutter

[Zomby Woof]

[AsahinaKimi]

1. Amazing how far they have come...from this

These of course did not come with instructions, nor any warning labels. They were also more sharp then they make today. You know, today's paper cutters are like children's scissors in comparison.

[kentauros]

2. I prefer this kind for accuracy:

[Catshrink]

3. Paper attacher

:hi:

[Zomby Woof]

7. You will invite the inevitable "Office Space" jokes now

;-) :toast:

[kentauros]

13. Or those from "The Office"

:P

[JVS]

4. I always thought that those things were suspiciously big enough to serve as a guillotine for...

small children.

[kentauros]

5. That type of paper cutter is actually called a

guillotine paper cutter. I've never found them to be all that accurate. The absolute best is an X-Acto blade and a metal ruler :)

[Heidi]

8. No, the absolute best is a surgical scalpel and a metal ruler.

I use disposable surgical scalpels, though, so that I can just toss the whole thing when the blade becomes dull. :hi:

[kentauros]

9. Decades ago, I bought surplus x-acto knock-off blades.

1000 for something like $20. They all had this little plastic piece molded on the base, so I spent a couple of hours popping them off with pliers and then had enough blades that I could share them to friends and even one of my instructors (I gave her a little film can of 100 :)) I still have a few hundred since I don't use them much anymore. To keep them from rusting, I sprayed some machine oil into the plastic bulk-film can they are in and it's worked for well over 20 years :D

The site I bought them from is still around and I know I showed it to CMW, so you may know of it now: American Science & Surplus :hi:

[Heidi]

10. CMW probably had very good reasons for not sharing that link with me.

I'm a _freak_ for places like American Science & Surplus! :D

Hiya, kentauros! :pals:

[kentauros]

11. He seemed to love it, too

so you can both freak over it at the same time

He's also phenomenal at the 3D art. I need to get back to his PM sometime tonight...

Hay thar, Heidi!

[Heidi]

12. You've got plenty of time.

He and Ginger are sleeping late today. :rofl:

[kentauros]

14. Okay, that gives me time to find a centaur in exchange

for the one he sent me :D

What time is it there, anyway?
(saving me from looking it up in my handy-dandy Pocket Ref with the minuscule fonts...)

[Heidi]

15. 9:04 a.m.

That's metric time, you understand. ;)

[kentauros]

16. I have seen a real metric clock

so no, it's not metric time :P

Also, don't they all use 24-hour clocks over there? ;)

You're seven hours ahead. Not nearly as bad as the 19 hours ahead for my gf in NZ, so, no contest there

[Heidi]

17. Most official stuff is according to the 24h clock

but we have a regular clock in the kitchen. I used to get sooooo confused by the 24-hour clock, but I'm better now. :P

[kentauros]

18. You should get an analog 24-hour clock then:

[Heidi]

19. Just looking at that thing

gives me subdural hematoma. :weep:

[kentauros]

20. Okay, I wanted to then point you in the direction of the following site:

http://staticfree.info/projects/24h_clock but it has stopped loading for me...

[madamesilverspurs]

6. Yeah, but one of these

is fun to play with!




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