Ways to cut foil rolls

jfitz
on 5 Sep 09 (10:13)

I still have not found an affordable cutter to cut our rolls of foil on 1/2” cores. are there any ideas, plans, cutters available out there. All feedback will be appreciated.
We have used a pair of PVC cutters to cut in the past, but it creates a very ragged cut, and is hard to align the cut around the roll.

Thank you-

dickg
on 5 Sep 09 (12:23)

i have cut some foil on my paper cutter, if the blade is not pretty sharp it will melt the end of the roll together, also it is not a clean cut, but has got me out of trouble a few times. i think your foil company might sell or know where to buy a foil cutter, i have been looking for a used one for years with no luck. tried cutting some on my lead saw, it melted the end together and ruined the foil. good luck dick g.

Mike Conway
on 5 Sep 09 (18:14)

Updated 6 Sep 09 (11:39)

Foil cutter
Mine is just a like a wood tuning lathe with a utility knife blade that locks into position an a bar.

wildmh2000
on 6 Sep 09 (15:03)

Bite the bullet. Yes they are $$. You could buy one of those hand crank foil cutters…..if you only need to cut foil sometimes, but why waste your time and foil?

printertim
on 24 Sep 09 (15:09)

This is how I beat the high cost of getting a new foil slitter for cutting my 1” core for my Kluge foiler.
Check out Grizzly Industries and look for a smal table top Lathe. Go to home depot and buy a 1” wooden dowel about 4’ long. Just attach the dowel to the lathe, slide your foil onto the dowel and then put a small screw into the edge of the foil roll and screw through the cardboard core into the dowel. That will hold the core to the dowel while it spins. I use a good razor knife against the foil roll, turn the lathe on slowly, apply pressure with the knife and it cuts the foil all the way through the core perfectly. I go through a dowel about every 2 months but it’s a lot cheaper than a slitter and it works GREAT.
Tim