Anyone ever cut a 24" roll down to 12"?

[Peter Gregg]

I am thinking of cutting a roll of 24 inch wide paper down to 12. Anyone have any experience doing this and can offer any advice?

Peter

[Dave Carter]

Do it all the time for special sizes.  But, I have a large cutting table.  13' x 4' x 38" high.  The extra height makes it nice for me to work at.
Also, there are outside services for slicing full rolls.
I know Digital Art Supplies will slice a roll to about any width you want if you buy it there.  Very clean cut.

Good luck, Dave

[petermarrek]

I know it sounds crude but I cut 50" rolls to 24.5" all the time on my tablesaw. Keep the plastic sleeve on, wrap tightly with packing tape where the cut will be,using the crosscut fence rotate the roll while cutting. All the dust stays in the core. Just be very carefull.

[Ken]

I know it sounds crude but I cut 50" rolls to 24.5" all the time on my tablesaw.
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Similarly, I use a compound miter saw with a fine cut blade made for wood molding. I don't use that blade for anything else, and it's done about four rolls. Just don't go too fast, or you might get some edge shredding... nor too slow or you might get some scorching. If you print with a little extra paper around the image, you can just trim off any "imperfections." Practice first with the first few inches. It might be safer than a table saw because you  keep the roll tight against the guide fence, and only the blade moves.

[bill t.]

Just a safety comment...if you have never used a table saw, don't try cutting through a cylinder for your first project!  Things can literally spin out of control suddenly and violently.  Square stock is risky enough, round stuff is downright dangerous.

[DougMorgan]

I've cut down dozens of rolls without incident.   12" chop saw with thin kerf fine blade along with 9" sanding disk and a jig to hold the roll square to the sanding surface.  The sanding gives a nice clean edge if you rotate the roll while pressing lightly.   Wind the roll as tight as possible and strap with packing tape before cutting and blow off as much dust as possible afterwards.   You loose a couple feet on the outside.

Works great with resin and matte papers, less so with canvas.    

In a pinch I've cut down a couple wide rolls of canvas to make up for stupidly running out of 24" stock.   Don't sand and unwind the canvas before printing to remove stray strands and other garbage.   Frayed edges need to be addressed.   Not recommended.

Doug