Anyone use a cutting board to trim off rubbers with Xacto knife?

[FrenchFrog33]

Anyone use a cutting board to trim off rubbers with Xacto knife?

 

[lodro]

Anyone use a cutting board to trim off rubbers with Xacto knife?

i don't but i should . I use a nice thick stiff cardboard which is doing the job but the green cutting boards are "the business"

 

[TensorBackhand]

Anyone use a cutting board to trim off rubbers with Xacto knife?

I just use scissors.

A lot of times the rubber expands after boosting so it hangs off the edge. Then i just cut off the excess

 

[Jslick89]

I just use scissors.

A lot of times the rubber expands after boosting so it hangs off the edge. Then i just cut off the excess

What kind of scissors you using bro?

 

[TensorBackhand]

What kind of scissors you using bro?

Just random sewing scissors. Small and sharp, so it works well

https://a.aliexpress.com/_mOpVwbU

Like this

 

[WingTT]

Cutting board or something soft and thick enough to preserve the sharpness of the blade but still protect your work surface. Some pro rubber asssemblers use utility knives with 18mm extra sharp black snap blades as they are probably more economical than xacto blades. Sharp scissors work too but if you want that perfect smooth exact fit edge on the rubber, good blades are the way to go.

 

[jfolsen]

I use a snap-off knife, the inexpensive kind. I don't boost, so no overhang for me.

 

[Perure85]

I am using a Stiga table tennis scissor but as a leftie it is beyond a pain in the ass to get a good result, have tried a snap off knife but would need a softer cutting board and better technique I guess...

 

[Dr Evil]

No, just scissors. If you're an equipment seller preparing multiple set-ups every day, so you want to cut the rubber as fast as possible and make it look perfect, then a blade and a cutting board make sense. But if you're only doing this once in a while, scissors are easier, the cut can be almost as clean, and the playing results are identical. Any small or medium size sharp scissors will do.

 

[JHB]

Anyone use a cutting board to trim off rubbers with Xacto knife?

I bought a "Lazy Susan" for this - a circular board which rotates, usually used for icing cakes. I use a scalpel to cut, new blade for each rubber. Despite both of these aids I'm still medium hopeless at cutting, so edge tape is a must to cover up the worst of the result !!