How easily will this cut through Rubbermaid or Sterilite totes? Not the clear plastic ones, but the opaque grey, blue, etc. ones.
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worked perfectly cutting through 3/4 inch plywood with no trouble - it will probably cut through with no trouble
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I would suggest you hold back a little to create a cleaner hole. Like a hot knife thru butter.
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My thoughts is, the teeth on the saw will grab the plastic like material and shatter or split the plastic. I've cut plasiglass with a controlled sabre saw and if you're not carful, you can split or crack the material. Maybe go as slow as possible cutting it ...if can test..do that first.
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Scissors, utility knife, single-edge razor blade--all will work. I, however, am lazy; I've raised it to an art form. I use a 12" paper cutter I got from Office Max. Put the roll to the right, feed the material under the cutter head, and you can use the marks on the board to measure (if that works for you.) The bags should be cut so that, when loaded, the open end lays flat with no puckering. My method is useful if you have a lot of meat/produce to seal up. Just measure and cut off a couple of dozen bags at once, and seal one end. Then load with the food and seal.
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Matt, some people use scissors. I prefer using a straight edge and a razor knife. Be sure to place a cutting board under the vacuum roll where it is to be cut.Hope this helped. Bill
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I used scissors and they worked fine :) the plastic is thick but cuts pretty easily.
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It is pretty thin, but still you can't rip it easily. I used a dull blade on my silhouette cameo electronic cutter and it didn't cut all the way through. I could not just force it to pull apart. But, my blade is only set on a 2 out of 10 for depth. It is too thin to give a size
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I don't think it would cut very well. It has a magnetic strip on the inside that is glued on so you would have to cut through that. The other material is a very hard plastic that might splinter
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I cut mine with scissors. It is solid plastic but still a little flexible and not really thick. A utility knife should work, too.
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I only have the square dehydrator trays. I have not tried cutting it. It is pretty resistant from ripping though. It appears to have woven fibers in it. I would say the answer to your question depends mostly on how your dehydrator circulates air. If you have the trays covered with these sheets, will the air still be able to reach all of the trays, or does your dehydrator depend on the tray holes for circulation?
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I'm not sure about them but I cut through mine while using a pizza cutter on fondant. I would do it very carefully.
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Don't know. We have no trouble at with cutting. Works very well, very comfortable handles. Magnet lid pickup doesn't work very well.
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No, I used it to cut my fondant and it went through the mat. It doesn't show as bad, however when I fold it I could see where the cuts are.
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If your working with sharp hand tools such as knives there are areas on the gloves that are resistant (more padded) while other areas are thinner and a knife would surely cut through. Hope this makes sense.
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Its thin plastic, but seems to be pretty sturdy. I don't think a pair of scissors would hold up. A box cutter might be able to score it enough to cut through. I just pushed the extra length under my desk.
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I don't have any experience with the ZDP189. I own and have been carrying the VG-10 which serves me just fine. I've only had it for a few weeks during which time I've used it to open a dozen or more cardboard packages, and several plastic clam-shell packs. It's also sliced a few apples (kind of a trick with such a short blade, but easy once you've done it a few times), made shavings and fuzz sticks for a camp fire, cut a bunch of paracord for tarp tie-outs, and probably dozens of other small cutting tasks that I'm forgetting about. . . I usually find several tasks for it just about every day. So far I haven't needed to sharpen it. This morning I used it to brake down a large cardboard box to pieces small enough to fit into our recycling container, and it cut better than a utility knife. Hopefully this will give you some idea of the edge holding ability of the VG-10. I'm definitely not a steel snob or steel junkie. . . I still use my original Dragonfly with the AUS-8 steel, and have never found a reason to complain about it either. Personally, I'd say save a bit of money and go with the VG-10 unless you expect it to see some very heavy use.
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I am far from an expert on this . I use them for jewelry making and cut thru stainless and silver plated silverware with no problem. Sorry I couldn't be more of a help.
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I have cut through layers of canvas, movers blankets, thick ornamental fabrics. I haven't tried cords or quiltings yet but haven't any doubt that they will do as they should...
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This is a pretty fine mesh. I could not penetrate the mesh with the end of a large paper clip. An office staple might go through but only if it it were pushed from an angle perpendicular to the mesh. Not likely to go through if you were sifting a bunch of them in the strainer. Hope this is helpful.