Comment on I designed a cardboard cutter that turns boxes into free cat scratchers
PrimeErective@startrek.website 1 day agoGood luck getting consistent cuts while you’re freehanding. The idea is to make the nice flat cat scratching pad, and also being able to make the tool with the tool printer you have at home
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I mean, you could make a jig to use a box cutter to make consistent width strips very easily with three pieces of scrap wood. But this commenter coming in here for the express purpose of trying to shit on 3D printer hobbyists was a stupid move on his part.
GBU_28@lemm.ee 1 day ago
You mean like the handheld jig seen in the demo?
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I meant without printing anything, for anyone without access to a 3D printer. This was in response to the parent comment of “just do it with a Morakniv or whatever.”
To use an ordinary box cutter for this purpose all you need is something to use as an endstop and something to use as a fence, and they have to be parallel to each other.
Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Or a ruler. And make the strips the width of the ruler. The only “extra” needed is a cutting surface. This plastic gizmo simply eliminates the need for a work surface, nothing else.