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- From: patter@dasher.cc.bellcore.com (patterson,george r)
- Subject: Re: Insulation cutting tool?
- Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 93 00:18:21 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan1.001821.15353@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>
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- In article <1hnrc6INNal0@usenet.pa.dec.com> skk@gsg.pa.dec.com (Stuart Kreitman) writes:
- >
- >What's a good,cheap tool for cutting insulation? I was going
- >to use a hedge shear, but it doesn't seem right. Is it best
- >to sharpen up a retired kitchen knife or similar?
-
- I use a Stanley utility knife. It usually requires several passes - I
- use a sort of hacking motion, unless I can put the batts up against a
- backing board to cut them. Then it goes in one pass.
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- George Patterson - | that there is no distinctly native American criminal
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