I got this as part of an eBay lot of drawing/drafting equipment. It looks like a cutting board but it has a hard insert (feels like a very hard plastic).
Looks like a cutting board but has a hard insert
I got this as part of an eBay lot of drawing/drafting equipment. It looks like a cutting board but it has a hard insert (feels like a very hard plastic).
16 Comments
myspecialpurpose@lemmy.ca · 55 pts · 211d
It’s a cutting strip made of phenolic resin that could be replaced. It was a precursor to self healing mats. More consistent cuts and easier on the blade.
Slashme@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 211d
So it's a kitchen chopping board? Nothing to do with drafting?
myspecialpurpose@lemmy.ca · 49 pts · 211d
No, it was used for cutting paper not food, like with an exacto knife, or rotary cutter. The wood is the work space, you would only cut on the resin.
Contramuffin@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 210d
Genuinely, does anyone actually use the term "rotary cutter"? I feel like it's such a common sense thing to do to just call it a pizza cutter
myspecialpurpose@lemmy.ca · 14 pts · 210d
A pizza cutter and a rotary cutter are different tools used for different applications, so yes, the term is used very commonly.
Contramuffin@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 210d
What I meant is colloquially, of course. I use a rotary cutter myself, but if I need someone to pass it to me, I just call it a pizza cutter. Less confusion and people just understand what you're referring to. So my question is, do people actually call it a rotary cutter in common usage
(I'm asking in a serious context, by the way. I feel like I can't be the only person who just calls it "the pizza cutter tool")
Semester3383@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 210d
I've worked in sewn products for >15 years now. I've never heard them called that, by anyone.
tburkhol@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 211d
More cosmetic than functional. Like a charcuterie board for presenting/serving meats & cheeses.
phtheven@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 211d
I think that's epoxy resin with some glitter in it. So very hard plastic is spot on. My guess is that this is a cutting board with a "decorative" resin poured into a routed dado. The previous owner may have used it as a makeshift drafting table or drawing surface.
Droechai@piefed.blahaj.zone · 11 pts · 211d
Is the plastic ferro-magnetic?
Slashme@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 211d
No, it doesn't respond noticeably to a magnet.
SpikesOtherDog@ani.social · 0 pts · 211d
Guess you could replace it with resin that had iron fillings added. Not that you need to, but I find the idea interesting.
KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 211d
For those times you want to pin your meat down with a magnet?
SpikesOtherDog@ani.social · 1 pts · 211d
I figured it was being used as a drawing surface, so magnets could keep the paper in place.
KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 0 pts · 211d
Fair fair
ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 211d
Oh gosh