I have, or else I wouldn't have advised you to do it. :) The reamer is really an important part though. You want a "Repairman's reamer" or "t-reamer". Keep SafeSearch ON when you look for that. Also, beware of any reamers less than $10 - the metal on those isn't good enough to stand up to the stainless steel blade. The first reamer I got has a nice little ring groove around it now where the interior hole of the new rotary blade cut into the tool.
-Laura On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 11:00 AM, <h-costume-requ...@indra.com> wrote: > Message: 5 > Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 00:18:01 -0800 > From: Marjorie Wilser <the3t...@gmail.com> > To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com> > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Pinking machine - was: Has anyone tried any of > these on fabric? > Message-ID: <2bee5b12-7120-41cf-86bb-c02205ff7...@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes > > Laura, > > Have you successfully done this? Mine needs sharpening and I don't > want to give up on it just yet ;) Mine has the original blade. > > == Marjorie Wilser > > =:=:=:Three Toad Press:=:=:= > > "Learn to laugh at yourself and you will never lack for amusement." --MW > > http://3toad.blogspot.com/ > > > > On Feb 22, 2011, at 7:23 PM, Laura Rubin wrote: > >> The new blades are another story - they're an exact match, same size >> and features, as the old 1920's blades. They won't fit easily until >> you get a machinst's reamer to take off the burr around the inside of >> the fitting hole, but then they work just fine. They don't come in >> the same range of styles, but for $8 or less a pop, it's nice to have >> options. >> >> -Laura _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
