Chopping long rolls

[mcbroomf]

Many (many) years ago I read that a few hardy folk would buy long paper rolls and chop them down to fit narrower printers, or to get better $/sqft etc.  I wonder if anyone here has done that and can comment on dust/particle problems (if any).  I'm thinking of getting a 64" roll and chopping it to 44/20, or 40/24 (I have a 44" printer and 44" rolls are out of stock).  I have a thin kerf blade in my table saw.  Maybe chop saw as well, I can't remember.

I was thinking of;

Bag each side and tape to roll.  Tape over planned cut. Cut slow but evenly (not too slow, to prevent burn), vacuum like crazy post cut and blow/vacuum the inside of the tube.

Thanks

[dgberg]

It is not that complicated. I do it all the time.
Miter saw yes, table saw no.
Take some blue painters tape and wrap it around the entire roll where you would like to cut. I have a 100 tooth blade on my miter saw that works pretty good.
It does make some paper dust but if your saw is not hooked up to a vacuums system you can do that when you are finished. Slow and easy and depending on the size of the roll you may have to turn the roll to cut through it entirely. The only time I ever had an issue was cutting a 60" roll of polyester laminate. It started to melt together at the cut. That did not come out so well.
I just received 4 rolls of overstock poster material from Lexjet and cut most of it into 18 and 24" rolls for smaller posters.

[mcbroomf]

Thanks Dan ...

Edit : I just ordered a 64" roll of Belgian Linen.  I got a couple of 36 rolls recently when I heard it's being discontinued in a thread here on Lula.  But they are out of 44" and confirmed that have a supply shortage, but "hope to offer it again in the future".  The whole line is now in their outlet section but not discounted.

[degrub]

what tooth cut was on the chop saw blade  ?
What was the blade diameter  ?
carbide tipped or HSS only ?

[dgberg]

On mine triple chip carbide,12", 100 tooth.
Not sure what Mike has.

[mcbroomf]

I've not tried it yet, only just ordered the roll.  Will have to check the blade but just remembered I'd loaned the saw to a friend (may need a new blade in any case ...)

[dgberg]

I just love my Belgian Linen which costs about $5 a sq. ft. After some markup, labor and all that other good stuff the costs can add up.
I show it to customers, they look at it and go wow and then they order my Lexjet Sunset Select Matte which is nice but nothing special.
It is not that hard to lose an extra $50 in material costs on nice work.
I think I will just print several of my nicer images on it and put them in my gallery to sell.

Are you selling any of your work on the linen?

[mcbroomf]

I just love my Belgian Linen which costs about $5 a sq. ft. After some markup, labor and all that other good stuff the costs can add up.
I show it to customers, they look at it and go wow and then they order my Lexjet Sunset Select Matte which is nice but nothing special.
It is not that hard to lose an extra $50 in material costs on nice work.
I think I will just print several of my nicer images on it and put them in my gallery to sell.

Are you selling any of your work on the linen?

"I show it to customers, they look at it and go wow and then they order my Lexjet Sunset Select Matte  ... "
That is funny (but sad ...)

I gave up trying to sell a while ago.  Too much angst (for me).  I sell casually now, probably never more than a handful to a dozen a year.  I've never sold any printed on BL but will definitely offer it if anyone shows an interest.