Uses for an old cutting mat

[Short John Bronze]

I find that bits of discarded cutting mat are quite useful. Some examples are pictured below.
1) Applying local pressure to a recently applied plank
2) Softening/changing the angle of a clamp face
3) Temporarily and adjustably securing a bight in a rigging cord. Eg before inserting a deadeye. The slit gives access to a hole drilled parallel to the surface.

 

[Steef66]

Ai ai you replaced a green one for a blue one.

 

[Short John Bronze]

Ai ai you replaced a green one for a blue one.

The green one was better and cheaper. However, at least my ships now appear to be on the sea rather than on the lawn.

 

[Steef66]

The green one was better

Yes they are much better.

 

[rtibbs]

Necessity is the mother of invention.

 

[Uwek]

Ja Ja
Good modelers have green matts - this we discussed once and agreed ........
I have my doubts now with your new blue one

 

[Short John Bronze]

Ja Ja
Good modelers have green matts - this we discussed once and agreed ........
I have my doubts now with your new blue one

I bought the blue one because it is metric on both sides. I eventually (and reluctantly) weaned myself off cubits and pekofurlongs so my discarded green mats are in mint condition on the side marked in old money units. Napoleon was a menace! Though he may have necessitated the building/preservation of HMS Victory.

 

[Jack Sparrow]

I bought the blue one because it is metric on both sides. I eventually (and reluctantly) weaned myself off cubits and pekofurlongs so my discarded green mats are in mint condition on the side marked in old money units. Napoleon was a menace! Though he may have necessitated the building/preservation of HMS Victory.

for fun i looked up Furlong and came up with the folllowing conversion factor. What a coincidence. That is my lucky number :

1 metre is equal to 0.0049709695378987 furlong

So, as it applies to my Bismark I have a furlong of stanchions to install? Hmmm...

 

[Jimsky]

I bought the blue one because it is metric on both sides.

No worries, John. You are not alone, I don't have a green one as well...well, what shall we do...

 

[Kurt Konrath]

When looking for a good cutting mat, I shopped at many hobby shops online and in person.

I found a large well laid out mat at local hobby shop in fabric department, cheaper than in model department.

 

[Jimsky]

When looking for a good cutting mat, I shopped at many hobby shops online and in person.

no matter where you buy it and how much it may cost, it MUST be green!!!

 

[Kurt Konrath]

Your making me GREEN with envy now, or is that green for the environment.

 

[Steef66]

If you look up in the history of cutting mats, the very first one produced was green. So we can say also the green one was the first cutting mat on earth.

 

[Jimsky]

Your making me GREEN with envy now, or is that green for the environment.

it's being proven that green color mats are a success to the modeling.

 

[Jack Sparrow]

oh oh. I have recently discovered that there are various shades of green available. Is there a relationship that exists between the shade of green of the mat and its working efficiency? I think the current standard calls for a dark green as opposed to a lighter shade.

 

[danielsje]

I have a stack of the small mini-mats…6x6, 8x8, etc., that I found at Joann Fabrics while my spouse was searching through quilt fabrics. Handy to just grab one for cutting something. They are green…go figure…

 

[Corsair]

My wife quilts for a hobby, so she has some very large cutting mats she uses. She gets them at a quilting shop and they are white. Very easy to find small parts on. In my small office where I have a small desk I work on sometimes, I have a green mat, but for my shop to be built, I am getting one of her old mats that is 4 ft by 8 ft. that is white.

 

[Jimsky]

and they are white.

...Oh NO, they are not green! No luck there...

I am getting one of her old mats that is 4 ft by 8 ft. that is white.

Think twice before you get one! Unless it is green...

oh oh. I have recently discovered that there are various shades of green available.

Don't open another Pandora box with those green shadows, please! Perhaps we should ask @Steef66, he is proficient in green color mats.

 

[Jack Sparrow]

...Oh NO, they are not green! No luck there...

Think twice before you get one! Unless it is green...

Don't open another Pandora box with those green shadows, please! Perhaps we should ask @Steef66, he is proficient in color mats.

of course not. I would like to announce that it won't be me who breaks the code.

 

[Steef66]

All colour tones of green are okay, and stay away from Black mats. To dark.