View Single Post
  #42  
Old 05-22-2020, 09:48 PM
erik442's Avatar
erik442 erik442 is offline
The Alpha Kid
 
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: central PA
Posts: 419
Default

An easy way to cut basswood is to use a utility knife with a fresh blade. This will give you more leverage than a #11 Xacto knife. Use a heavy steel ruler as a guide and make 2 or 3 passes. I use a ruler from a disassembled combination square. It's very thick and dosen't bend. I cut all my fins this way regardless of wood type. Try to line up the direction of your cuts so that you always pull the knife from the edge of the board towards the center, or with the grain as much as possible, otherwise the resistance of the blade will sometimes snap the tips off of the fins.
Reply With Quote