discussion Tamiya tape

[mossiepilot]

Thanks Simon, is the glass you use some sort of toughened glass.

thought about your good idea of using glass to cut on til I thought about what would happen if it broke.

Tony.

 

[Dave W]

I cut my tape on the shiny side of a piece of hardboard.I find the scalpel blades last longer than cutting on glass

 

[simontie]

tony it is toughened glass - but you still need to be carefull every now and then i take it off and clean under and around it, down side of safety glass is contact with a solid corner and it will shatter - up side flat even surface everytime you work on it and as long as your bench is flat no problems - i have had this glass around 2 years but like most glass it become harder with age that why glass companys cutting glass make it look easy - the glass there using is softer once its exposed to the sun etc it gets brittle - another up side is if you ask any one of these companys for an off cut they will probable just give it to you - or if you remember the old hi-fi cabinets with the smoked glass doors - one of those would be good too - as dave rightly said the scaple blades do blunt on it - at the end of the day it come down to choice everybody has there own way of doing it this is my way

simon

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