04-13-2007, 11:53 AM
mikeh Wrote:I have used the xacto method for years. I can cut out a body with one pass these days. i use a fat handled xacto with a brand new fat blade. This reduces the chance of slipping your grip or chipping the blade. Just follow the lines scoring them as you go and peel.
For vent holes I use a razor bladed hole cutter.
Mike, on the "chipped blade" subject...I use an old #11 blade, and snap off the end about 1/8 inch, this gives you a new, wider, very sharp corner that digs a little deeper for the score line. Works good, and gives an otherwise dead blade a second use at the end of the job. It's kinda like the snap-knives you buy at Ace..same idea.