Cutting Fiberglass Cloth

Wally world has 3 types of Fiskar "pizza" cutters in the craft dept. 2 have 45 mm blades the other is 60mm all around 15 bucks. The large one will work great on thicker material. And they have replacement blades for about 5 bucks.

Andy and Tim, a helpful tip:

Use a metal yard stick or drywall square as a fence when cutting long straight spans down your cloth. They work great! Just watch your thumbs. We did have a guy lop off his thumb tip once and being the wonderful work-withs we are,we kept it in the freezer for him till he returned to work.

They'll last quite a long time as long as your cutting on something that won't trash the edge. We have rubber cutting mats here that will absorb the edge but won't marr the edge. There expensive though.

I didn't have to buy mine. DAL bought it for us to use as well as the scissors we use. They get allot of the tools we use from Grainger as they just down the road from HQ. I'm sure I've seen em at one of the forementioned stores.

Be aware of knives that store the blades in the handle. We had a safety memo come out stating that we've had a few employees get cut because a blade came loose in the handle and the user got cut. We also are encouraged to use cut resistant gloves.

Guys this is what you need for cutting fiberglass cloth. I use them everyday here at work for cutting cloth for repairs on our parts here at DAL. They work FANTASTIC! I have a pair at home too! I'm pretty sure you can get them at Wally world, Micheals, Hobby Lobby or even one of the office supply stores. You can get replacement blades too.

Scissors are also used daily but you really need a good pair like Swiss. A cheap pair WON'T DO IT! I've never tried pinking shears but I'd guess they work. Momma might have a fit though if you used her good shears on your boat project.   

At the factory they used Shears (big Scissors) I also use these types of shears, and have them professionaly sharpened about every other year.

Dr. CC what's wrong with Cloth?? The 100mph, mega HP plus go fast boats we rebuild and re stringer we dont use roving on stringers. Come clean!

Pizza cutters like this work well but mostly a good pair of sissors.

Like Mike said, I used a Fiskar's cutting wheel and a mat. I also used scissors for some things, but the wheel and mat are the ticket. Office depot, wally world...

I bought this Wiss MPX for cutting the carpet when I did the Tique. Found them at Ace and absolutely love them. They will cut almost anything and work great on fiberglass.

Don't use cloth!!!        Mat,Roving Woven or Stitch Mat.

Sharp sissors.

Strips?     Use as big of pieces as you can.

Got a fiberglass roller?      Buy one!

My wife looked around and found two different cutting wheels at Hobby Lobby. One was for paper and the other was for fabric. I would guess these could work but wouldn't last long. There's gotta be something made for fiberglass, I would think.

So, before I really get going laying fiberglass and lots of cutting it, I gotta know...

Are there other methods for cutting the fiberglass cloth besides the basic hand scissors / shears?