Members Alexis1234 Posted May 10, 2020 Members Report Posted May 10, 2020 I am not happy with my cut borders- is there a way to soften/round them? They need fixing( they look jagged, uneven, unacceptable). I'm not sure if there is a tool? What am I doing wrong? Is this the way the are supposed to look? I am struggling with tooling. Thank you for any help. Quote
Members TSes Posted May 10, 2020 Members Report Posted May 10, 2020 Try running a large, shallow, smooth beveler down each cut line where the border stamp will go. Don't go too deep. Then carefully run a modeling spoon down the cut line to knock off the sharp corner that's left. Then do the border stamp. Quote
Contributing Member fredk Posted May 10, 2020 Contributing Member Report Posted May 10, 2020 (edited) you can get a plastic beveler tool which fits into the swivel knife instead of a blade. That might help PS. I made my own versions Edited May 10, 2020 by fredk Quote Al speling misteaks aer all mi own werk..
Members Alexis1234 Posted May 10, 2020 Author Members Report Posted May 10, 2020 Thank you both. Frekd how did you make your own if I might ask? Quote
terrymac Posted May 10, 2020 Report Posted May 10, 2020 (edited) Easiest way I know is to use a back beveler. It rounds off the "back" side of your cut. Barry King sells them Terry Edited May 10, 2020 by terrymac Quote
Contributing Member fredk Posted May 10, 2020 Contributing Member Report Posted May 10, 2020 28 minutes ago, Alexis1234 said: . . .. Frekd how did you make your own if I might ask? Dead simple; I bought two bars of certain plastics. 1 is delrin and 1 is nylon. The delrin is the diameter to go into the knife. The nylon is smaller in diameter. It slips into a hole drilled in the delrin part. I used a modelling knife to pare away one end of the nylon bar to get the bevel shape I wanted. It can all be done on one bar but I had to be awkward. The cost of the two bars was about $3 and there's plenty to do other profiles I first saw this thing on here but found a. they were/are very costly and b (were) very hard to get. So I made one. If I find it amongst the mess on my desk I'll photo it and put it up. Quote Al speling misteaks aer all mi own werk..
Members buzzardbait Posted May 11, 2020 Members Report Posted May 11, 2020 I cut my lines, then I bevel with a push beveler. after that I round over the edges with a back bevel blade in a swivel knife. My push beveler and my back bevel blade for the swivel knife are both from Barry King. Quote
Members Alexis1234 Posted May 11, 2020 Author Members Report Posted May 11, 2020 Thank you! I'll have to put in an order with him Quote
Members Retswerb Posted May 12, 2020 Members Report Posted May 12, 2020 @fredk I’d love to see a pic of that. I’ve been swivel-beveling for a while now per @immiketoo but my hand gets awfully sore running the regular beveler tool along. Quote
Members Scootch Posted May 14, 2020 Members Report Posted May 14, 2020 Your geometric lay out looks great. I find it much easier to carve something than lay out geometric patterns. It's much easier to hide the mistakes with carving. Barry King also sells a push beader like I used here. You could use this tool between your wishbone border stamps. I cut two parallel swivel knife cuts then push the beader down the cuts. Nice job, Scootch Quote
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