HI Deepstar,

I've found when cutting narrow strips that they curl and bend significantly. The way to avoid most of this is to use a steel rule to cut up to say 0.5"(12mm) from each end. Keep scoring until you cut through, then finish by cutting through to each end - hey presto straight narrow strips!

Capn Jim.

Hi
Finally found a UK supplier - Absolutely Shaw Ltd. Has the OLFA P-800 model which was the earlier model of the PC-L plastic/laminate heavy duty cutter. Am sending you a pm with contact details 😀

hI dave
where can you get olga cutters
is it a tool or a blade???
thank you for your help
regards deepstar

HI Deepstar
I agree with Gregg.
Score and snap has been the best way to cut plasticard.
You can buy OLFA cutters in various sizes that will give sterling service for many years and unlike scalpels retain their cutting edge. You do need to clean up the cut edge but the end result is always an accurate edge.
Unless the plasticard is very thin

thanks gregg
ill give the logan a miss
I will try the sawing idea
and see how I progress
regards deepstar

From looking at some details of these "logan cutters", they seem to be more orientated toward paper and card, maybe they "might" take plastic, but very thin plastic. Anything over 15thou and you might be struggling to make anything other than a scratch on.
these types of cutters, their blades soon loose their sharp edge, so it can work out very costly in blade replacement.

For long strips, its just as easy to use a longer metal straight edge or rule. Simply use a couple of fast clamps on either end of the straight edge to hold all in place. For "sections" you should really be cutting with a toothed blade, rather than scoring with a knife edge, having to try and force a knife blade through a plastic section often leads to bending or deformation of the plastic section and you dont achieve a square cut through, it ends up with a rounded edge which either needs filing or re carving to clean up, so use a fine toothed saw for section. I use a small joinery jig, as used for picture frame material, its light, small and suits plastic sections and allows your saw blade to cut vertically with ease, with no risk of "wandering"

The only thing I find Irritating about having to change the blade in my knife, is. thats when I usually cut myself !! Anytime after that and I dont get even a scratch, but just those first few hours working with a new blade.......[ha ha].

hI greg
thank you for your advice
have taken it on board
just wondering if the logan cutter works on plastic card
in one nice cut for biggish sections and long strips??
regards deepstar

A knife you can easily change blades on. the sharper the blade, the easier it is to cut, but remember to only make "light" score marks, over and over each other. A single heavy cut can either suddenly drift off to one side or worse still, cause injury.

If you need small [ish] round items, use a compass cutter, and again, several light cut passes gets better results.