Tools for Cutting Craft Sticks
My wife asked me to help her cut a large number of
Woodsies Craft Sticks for floorboards for a doll house project she has
started. The wooden craft sticks, which look like large popsicle sticks or
tongue depressers, have rounded ends, but she needed square ends for some
and others with a 45-degree angle at the ends. I thought I could simply
cut them with a pair of electrician's scissors, which worked well for
the first couple of craft sticks I cut; it was easy to cut through them
with the scissors and the scissors left fairly smooth edges, but I found
after the first couple of sticks that subsequent cuts through other sticks
tended to splinter the cut ends. My saws were too large, but she had a
Revell Razor Saw designed
for craft projects which worked well, but, since I had to go to the local
True Value hardware store for some C-clamps anyway, I looked for something
there that might help speed cutting through a large number of the craft
sticks. I found a Master Mechanic
Mult Cutter there, which uses blades similar to what you might find
in a box cutter. I found it was easy to put a stick on its anvil and
then cleanly and easily cut through the craft sticks by squeezing its
handle, which pressed the blade through the stick and against the anvil.
I thought I'd note the tools used here, so I'd know what to buy should
I need to replace the blades in the tools in the future or should anyone
else possibly be looking for tools to cut those craft sticks, since I've
seen others noting problems cutting similar items without frayed/splintered
ends, e.g.,
What is the best way to cut popsicle sticks?
