[Shop-talk] Cutting canvas rolls?

[Berry Kercheval]

My first thought was a portable bandsaw, but I have not been able to find a
listing for one with a big enough throat.  (I assume the desire is to carve
slices off the ends of the roll, like slicing a salami, without unrolling
it.)

On Wed, Jun 14, 2023 at 5:18 PM Shannah Miller <shannahquilts at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Cutting fabric, especially canvas, is probably easiest
> with a non-toothed blade.  Scissors, or rotary cutter are
> common.  Thing is, you'd need something to cut against.
> I assume she doesn't want to unroll it?
>
> In that case, I would use the finest blade you can get
> for the Sawzall.  Bosch makes a 9 inch 24tpi blade that
> might be just fine.  Cutting through a 12 inch diameter
> roll would need some planning.
>
> Shannah
>
> On Wed, Jun 14, 2023 at 3:31 PM Jim Franklin <jamesf at groupwbench.org>
> wrote:
>
>> I have a friend who has 3 12" diameter rolls of coated canvas she needs
>> to cut into smaller lengths. They tried hand cutting with a toothed blade
>> but the teeth get caught in the canvas threads and tear it. I have a
>> sawzall but I don't know if the blade speed will be fast enough to overcome
>> the pull of the threads. Is there a non-toothed way to cut this? The rolls
>> are 12 feet long now and quite heavy, 2-3 people to lift, so a floor
>> solution would be best.
>>
>> thanks,
>> jim
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