rotary cutter help

Does anyone know if the blades are interchangeable between companies? I
would like a second cutter for using with paper and if it were a fiskers or
a dritz I could easily tell my paper cutter from my olfa fabric one. The
dritz are on sale at JoAnn's so I would be able to use my 40% coupon for
more blades. If they are not interchangeable I'll have get a second olfa so
I can use spent blades for paper and then mark them and carfully check
before I cut. It would be nicer if I could just tell at a glance.


TIA
Charlotte

I believe they are interchangeable....I have a Fiskars and an Olfa.......and
I use the same in both.

Betty
"Charlotte Hippen" wrote in message
news:8yLJb.741147$Fm2.669242@attbi_s04...
Does anyone know if the blades are interchangeable between companies? I
would like a second cutter for using with paper and if it were a fiskers
or
a dritz I could easily tell my paper cutter from my olfa fabric one. The
dritz are on sale at JoAnn's so I would be able to use my 40% coupon for
more blades. If they are not interchangeable I'll have get a second olfa
so
I can use spent blades for paper and then mark them and carfully check
before I cut. It would be nicer if I could just tell at a glance.


TIA
Charlotte

"Charlotte Hippen" wrote in message
news:8yLJb.741147$Fm2.669242@attbi_s04
Does anyone know if the blades are interchangeable between companies?

Yes they are. I have a Dritz but use Olfa blades.

Yep. What matters is getting the right size (65mm/45mm/28mm) for your
handle.

--pig

On 1/3/04 9:14 PM, opined:

Does anyone know if the blades are interchangeable between companies? I
would like a second cutter for using with paper and if it were a fiskers or
a dritz I could easily tell my paper cutter from my olfa fabric one. The
dritz are on sale at JoAnn's so I would be able to use my 40% coupon for
more blades. If they are not interchangeable I'll have get a second olfa so
I can use spent blades for paper and then mark them and carfully check
before I cut. It would be nicer if I could just tell at a glance.


TIA
Charlotte

Or - you can make one of your cutters "okay for paper" at a glance. We have
two phones that are just alike. Identical. Except one will not fit back in
the other one's holder. It was driving me crazier. I went to my crafts paint
drawer, unearthed the bright orange paint and put 3 polka dots on one phone
and three also lovely polka dots on its base. It is just so nice to return
the phones to their homes without having one crash to the floor.
I don't know how Sony would feel about my embellishment of their phone
but it is their fault. They should have made the @#$! things
interchangeable. Really wandered off the road there, didn't I? Anyhow. You
might as well wrap a strip of blue masking tape or duct tape on the cutter
that it is okay for paper. Just in case somebody is inclined to borrow your
good tools. Polly

On 1/3/04 9:14 PM, opined:

Does anyone know if the blades are interchangeable between companies? I
would like a second cutter for using with paper and if it were a fiskers
or
a dritz I could easily tell my paper cutter from my olfa fabric one.
The
dritz are on sale at JoAnn's so I would be able to use my 40% coupon for
more blades. If they are not interchangeable I'll have get a second
olfa so
I can use spent blades for paper and then mark them and carfully check
before I cut. It would be nicer if I could just tell at a glance.


TIA
Charlotte

I hadn't thought about decorating it with paint or something like that. I
was going to use a marker to write "paper" or some such thing on the handle.
Thanks for the idea.

Charlotte


"Polly Esther" wrote in message
nk.net...
Or - you can make one of your cutters "okay for paper" at a glance. We
have
two phones that are just alike. Identical. Except one will not fit back in
the other one's holder. It was driving me crazier. I went to my crafts
paint
drawer, unearthed the bright orange paint and put 3 polka dots on one
phone
and three also lovely polka dots on its base. It is just so nice to return
the phones to their homes without having one crash to the floor.
I don't know how Sony would feel about my embellishment of their phone
but it is their fault. They should have made the @#$! things
interchangeable. Really wandered off the road there, didn't I? Anyhow.
You
might as well wrap a strip of blue masking tape or duct tape on the cutter
that it is okay for paper. Just in case somebody is inclined to borrow
your
good tools. Polly

I thought those coupons were only good on nonsale items?

"Charlotte Hippen" wrote in message
news:8yLJb.741147$Fm2.669242@attbi_s04...
Does anyone know if the blades are interchangeable between companies? I
would like a second cutter for using with paper and if it were a fiskers
or
a dritz I could easily tell my paper cutter from my olfa fabric one. The
dritz are on sale at JoAnn's so I would be able to use my 40% coupon for
more blades. If they are not interchangeable I'll have get a second olfa
so
I can use spent blades for paper and then mark them and carfully check
before I cut. It would be nicer if I could just tell at a glance.


TIA
Charlotte

You can use them on sale items, but the discount is off the regular, non-sale,
price.
Pati, in Phx

Mystified One wrote:

I thought those coupons were only good on nonsale items?

"Charlotte Hippen" wrote in message
news:8yLJb.741147$Fm2.669242@attbi_s04...
Does anyone know if the blades are interchangeable between companies? I
would like a second cutter for using with paper and if it were a fiskers
or
a dritz I could easily tell my paper cutter from my olfa fabric one. The
dritz are on sale at JoAnn's so I would be able to use my 40% coupon for
more blades. If they are not interchangeable I'll have get a second olfa
so
I can use spent blades for paper and then mark them and carfully check
before I cut. It would be nicer if I could just tell at a glance.


TIA
Charlotte

You're right. It is for one "REGULAR" priced item.
Susie

I thought those coupons were only good on nonsale items?

In article 8yLJb.741147$Fm2.669242@attbi_s04, "Charlotte Hippen"
writes:

Does anyone know if the blades are interchangeable between companies? I
would like a second cutter for using with paper and if it were a fiskers or
a dritz I could easily tell my paper cutter from my olfa fabric one. The
dritz are on sale at JoAnn's so I would be able to use my 40% coupon for
more blades. If they are not interchangeable I'll have get a second olfa so
I can use spent blades for paper and then mark them and carfully check
before I cut. It would be nicer if I could just tell at a glance.


I just took a black marker and wrote "PAPER" on the handle of one cutter. DH
knows that he can use that one for anything. I also keep my used blades in a
clearly marked container, in case we need to get a sharper paper blade.
Susan, from Kingston ON
quilting in Florida (what else?)