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Latest revision as of 16:34, 30 April 2012
Pick your Scissors to optimise task performance
Scissor Types
Household Scissors
- medium blades & medium handles
- general household use
Wallpaper Scissors
- long blades & short handles
- fast low pressure cutting
- lower blade forces reduce risk of injury
Bone Scissors
- short serrated blades, long handles,
- very high cutting forces
- tough enough to cut bone
Craft Scissors
- small blades, small handles
- light duty use
Children's Scissors
- craft scissors with wider rounded blade ends to reduce risk
- low blade sharpness to reduce risk
- cut felt & paper slowly & with some difficulty.
- not much use for anything else
Electric Cutter
- effortless cutting of carpet, cardboard, cloth, floppy discs, etc
- saves time & aching hands when lots of cutting is done
- the Bosch Xeo claims to cut flexible materials upto 6mm thick
- can cut things scissors won't, such as thin steel (it gets bent though)
- can eat fingers easily
Pinking Shears
- stops edges of fabric fraying