DIY Chop cutter

[jbradford]

Does anyone have plans or an idea on making your own chop cutter for strip wood? I have seen many DIY tools on here that look like they would work great.

Thanks,

Jeff

 

[Kurt Konrath]

I have not seen any, but you need a good pivot for cutting blade and even some of cheap commercial kits lack in this area.

 

[Y.T.]

This is not what you are looking for?

 

[Kurt Konrath]

Well that has one feature my high end strip cutter doesn't have! I need a finger protector, as I nick myself on the end of blade from time to time on my chopper.

 

[Namabiiru]

Somewhere on this thread I saw one someone had made, and thing I liked about it was he had access to single ground blades from a machine that cut shipping bands.

@mellpapa also makes his own chopper and it is a work of art.

 

[jbradford]

This is not what you are looking for?

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A bit larger and more expensive than I was looking for.

 

[jbradford]

Well that has one feature my high end strip cutter doesn't have! I need a finger protector, as I nick myself on the end of blade from time to time on my chopper.

I agree, most likely would lose a finger or two with that one.

 

[Roger Pellett]

I have one of those gillotine paper cutters in my shop. It’s great for cutting brass sheet up to about .015” thick. I use it all the time. It’s designed to cut with one side, a flat sheet laying on the table. When the object that your cutting gets narrower than about 2” it doesn’t work very well.

Roger

 

[jbradford]

I have one of those gillotine paper cutters in my shop. It’s great for cutting brass sheet up to about .015” thick. I use it all the time. It’s designed to cut with one side, a flat sheet laying on the table. When the object that your cutting gets narrower than about 2” it doesn’t work very well.

Roger

Are you saying that a 1/16 strip could not be cut with this?

 

[Roger Pellett]

I’ll try it later

 

[Stevedownunder]

Hi Jeff,

I think this is the sort of thing you are looking for, this one is on the pricy side but looks well made.

RP Toolz Mitre Cutter for Plastic, Styrene, Wood & Soft Material Cutting | eBay Australia

2pcs 45 degree fences 0.3 mm blade for general use 0.25 mm blade for the fine cuts adjustable stop Material: Anodized aluminium, cutting mat.

www.ebay.com.au

Cheers,
Stephen.

 

[Stuart Little]

Hi Jeff,

I think this is the sort of thing you are looking for, this one is on the pricy side but looks well made.

RP Toolz Mitre Cutter for Plastic, Styrene, Wood & Soft Material Cutting | eBay Australia

2pcs 45 degree fences 0.3 mm blade for general use 0.25 mm blade for the fine cuts adjustable stop Material: Anodized aluminium, cutting mat.

www.ebay.com.au

Cheers,
Stephen.

That's very similar to one sold on Aliexpress for about £40 - But check size, I have one that is a lot smaller than it looks in the ad. & only suitable for 1.5 mm thick stripwood.
I made my own version based on the NWSL Chopper.

 

[jbradford]

Hi Jeff,

I think this is the sort of thing you are looking for, this one is on the pricy side but looks well made.

RP Toolz Mitre Cutter for Plastic, Styrene, Wood & Soft Material Cutting | eBay Australia

2pcs 45 degree fences 0.3 mm blade for general use 0.25 mm blade for the fine cuts adjustable stop Material: Anodized aluminium, cutting mat.

www.ebay.com.au

Cheers,
Stephen.

Thank you for the link, I will check it out.

 

[Fletch Dog]

Hi Jeff - This works for me even though it’s a little primitive

 

[jbradford]

Thanks for the pic. I thought about trying to use my small miter box with a razor knife, but I still do not look forward to cutting near 700 tiny pieces off of the strips.

 

[Rob444]

This is what I use. It is inexpensive and works well.

https://www.amazon.com/Northwest-Short-Line-The-Chopper/dp/B000YDIMZS

 

[Roger J]

Its a bit expensive to buy but uses cheap single edge razor blades and is vey solid and quick should last a lifetime

 

[jbradford]

Northwest is currently sold out of this model.

 

[Davidp]

i have both the chopper & chopper 3. https://nwsl.com/collections/the-chopper-iii/products/the-chopper-iii

 

[Smithy]

DIY

Hi Jeff, have you considered designing and building one yourself? Just asking’

I’ll get my coat.