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Cutting mat suppliers?
Hello there,
I’m looking for a Rhino Cutting Matt, 6’x12′ , this is self-healing
cutting matt (or at least it is supposed to be self-healing). Unfortunately, can’t find any european online shop having it in its catalogue. I’d really appreciate any suggestions.Bests,
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http://www.speedpress.com
This is the company I purchased mine from. They are local (California), but they do have an internation number so I guess they do international orders.
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beat me to it marek 😀
http://www.cutting-mat.com/ -
we have replaced mat to glass it blunts scapel blades but lasts for ever
Lynn
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Thanks guys for lightspeed replies, but i inquired about european vendor because delivery from US exceeds the order value 🙂
Lynn – i thought about using glass too – should it be hardened glass or just a window glass ?
Nick
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yes Nick (toufand) glass sorry my spelling has left me strong beveled edges about 5ml it blunts your blades very quickly but it’s the best we have used
Lynn
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OK, toughened glass. Considering the options – scored table versus blunt blades – i prefer the latter, who doesn’t ? 🙂 5ml – you mean 5 mm thick ?
Nick
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We use high density polyethylene. Last forever. One way to buy it is as Puck Board, which is used to cover the "boards" in ice hockey rinks.
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mine is 6mm toughenned glass, as lynn says, it kills blades quite rapidy (i went thru about 4 stanley blades yesterday) but other than a few light scores on it, it’s gread,
the added advantage, before you lay it, cover it in transluscent white, and fit lights under the bench, a built in light box when you need it !!
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I also have gone over to toughened glass. When Geoff replaced a patio door window from a customers house he used the glass out of that….we removed the rubber seal & both panes are laid one on top of the other, if I should break one I have the other ready! (-) He made the bench to fit the glass-8′ x 4′.
Blades-yes, blunt very rapidly now. Convenience-brilliant! (and free in my case!) -
This is where my girlfriend works
I just bought some thick black rubber that lasts forever will stand a very heavy cut and you cant even notice it.
I lined my bench with about 10 feet of it and it lays flat and is brilliant.
not sure exactly who they deal with as such, because they do railtrack and marine flooring for corporate firms etc, but if you ring them and ask Im sure they will let you know if they can supply you its worth a go.
I used to work there and all they manufacture is rubber products of varying sorts so theres somehing suitable for every applicaton. -
quote Duncan Wilkie:We use high density polyethylene. Last forever. One way to buy it is as Puck Board, which is used to cover the “boards” in ice hockey rinks.I use it too. and a 3mm – 8×4 was only £25! – I’ve had the same one for two years & it stands up to daily abuse – doesn’t blunt your blades either. (think I’ll treat myself to a new one soon)
Dave
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Where did you get it Dave?
Cheers
Dave
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quote DaveBruce:Where did you get it Dave?
Cheers
Dave
Stockline Plastics. Dundee or Glasgow branch should carry stock.
Dave
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looking for similar my local stockists are pyramid and amari.
dave any ideas what i should be asking for. in technical terms as
rang pyramid who are realy helpull,but couldnt suggest anything other than ali panel or foam board i have mdf and the dust is bad, after i cut.
stainless sheet was going to cost 200 squid a go 😮
i have two benches 2140 x 1000
regardsDerek
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quote Derek Heron:looking for similar my local stockists are pyramid and amari.
dave any ideas what i should be asking for. in technical terms………Ask for (White high density) Polyproplylene sheet – at least 3mm thick
(I thought it was PE but it’s actually PP.)They charge under £22 a sheet (trade).
(quite often used in the food industry) it’s not that expensive concidering the lifespan you can get.
Another good thing about it is that it’s practically non-stick (well things will stick but peel right off)
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Westward Plastics stock Polyproplylene sheet
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Dave,
I`ve just been speaking to David at stockline in Glasgow and he is suggesting that it is in fact Polyetheline and not Polypropoline like your saying.
Should i insist on 4.5mm HD Polypropoline?.
He`s gone to "look into it a bit more" but i was hoping to be pre-armed when he comes back on the phone.
Cheers
Rod
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For anybody still interested in a "Self Healing Cutting Mat"
About £75 for an A0 size, that’s the cheapest A0 Mat I can find.
http://www.mapac.com/catalogue/productdetail.aspx?id=137&department=18
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dip yer hands in yer pockets and get one from graphicsignsupplies 😀
nik
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quote Rod Gray:Dave,
I`ve just been speaking to David at stockline in Glasgow and he is suggesting that it is in fact Polyetheline and not Polypropoline like your saying.
Should i insist on 4.5mm HD Polypropoline?.
He`s gone to “look into it a bit more” but i was hoping to be pre-armed when he comes back on the phone.
Cheers
Rod
Well I just bought a 3mm sheet of ‘polyprop’ from Stockline in Dundee – to replace the cutting mat I bought two years ago. Same stuff as I had before…speak to Mark, Jim or David.
If you call the Dundee branch (I don’t have much faith in the Glasgow one 🙄 ) 01382 318405 and ask for an 8’x4′ 3mm white Polyproplyene sheet, like the one that Dave Rogers (the guy in the big blue van) bought a couple of days ago – they’ll sort it out for you if they can.
Dave
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Cheers Dave
rod
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i used self healing Matt’s many moons ago, not as big as the ones on the go today though. although i used mine on top of an illuminated bench, i found they got dirty easy and laying up signs to flood coat and the like was not good, for me anyway… am i getting it all wrong here and you just want a general weeding/taping bench?
in the end i opted for the rear of pasticol metal sheets, and haven’t looked back. brilliant for laying up signs, easy wiped to prevent static and dust build up. but smooth enough (even after a billion Stanley scores) to weed, tape, rub in app tape, letter signs, flood coat, you name it. best thing is they come standard at 10ft by 4ft so no joins on the table.
i can promise you this, if you use fit one onto your bench, you will "never" need to replace it. 😉only downside that "might be" an issue for some, but i cant compare… is blades getting a little blunt on your stanley knife faster, but hasnt been an issue for us.
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quote Robert Lambie:i used self healing Matt’s many moons ago, not as big as the ones on the go today though. although i used mine on top of an illuminated bench, i found they got dirty easy and laying up signs to flood coat and the like was not good, for me anyway… am i getting it all wrong here and you just want a general weeding/taping bench?
not had a dirty problem with mine rob 😀 i just love mine to bits….im still on the same side and thats after a year or so…ive never heard of what you use….and i was very impressed with peter and lynns glass which i honeslty thought would make the horrible screachy noise when you cut on it…it didnt… does it make that noise on your benches 😉
nik
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dont get noises on ours either nik. :lol1:
the mats i used in the past held ink from pens/markers… kinda got dirty looking, you could wipe clean with meths but not completely…
maybe its because ours was on illuminated benches in shows more…
glass is a good idea, ide imagine it would have to be toughend glass or laminate though. wouldnt work for us though as "some" of our benches are also used for hammering, welding, building etc on top of… so glass for us wouldnt be advisable i wouldnt think. :lol1: -
I was a bit dubius (maybe I spelt that wrong?)about glass, but after advice from others on the boards, decided to give it a go.
The only drawback is that it does blunt the blades , but the advantages are numerous, its easy to clean, its always perfectly flat…Ideal for layering. and you can actually hammer on it within reason. It is toughened and layed on a cutting mat so it absorbs quite a bit of abuse.
Peter
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OK Rob where do I get those from?
Dave
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We bought a 10′ x 5′ "self healing" cutting mat around a month ago………. self healing – my @rse!!!
Will be speaking to the supplier over the next few days as we might as well have used the £165 it cost to cut on!
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the only thing that is self healing is human skin, So best cutting mats…use your partners back… 😀 😉
Peter
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Partners the stationers have A2 in buy one get one free at @ £7.99 each. You can always trim them and join them up at that price. They are heavy duty and 3 layer.
Alex.
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if cut a V out of it, how can it heal?? its ok if u never cut at an angle!.
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