avoiding a train wreck

[GaryE]

I cut it with scissors, but to get through a 1.5 inch piece, I make about 5 cuts along the line, 1/2 inch each time. Once it's cut, it's good for longer than we're good, but getting it shaped is really hard on the hands.

 

[Magnum Man]

I tried to buy thinner sheets, but on 1st look, all I could find was 1.5 inch or 2 inch... your suggestion makes sense, I was cutting through the whole 1.5 inches at a time, would have been easier to push the scissors in a 1/2 inch deep and cut that... wondering if a tin snips, with more leverage would do a better job??? I'm guessing that stuff made my scissors duller than they were...

 

[MaloK]

When I want a really precise and neat cut, I use 2 plank of wood and a 2x2 or 2x4, I use a screw clamp to hold everything together and make a guide to have a straight cut.

Then I use a poor serrated bread knife that I sacrificed for that task. In a slow sawing motion without compressing the mat too much, I cut along my guide.

With a little practice, It makes cuts that looks like they where done at the manufacture.

 

[Magnum Man]

I did try my key hole saw, but the teeth were really too coarse... maybe a hack saw???

 

[MaloK]

With the really small teeth, maybe, everything I tried was too catchy, the bread knives have much smoother teeth and doesn't catch that much.

 

[GaryE]

Road construction dynamite, every 2 inches. It has to be done outdoors. If the fuse can be lit via a high intensity laser from a drone, life is good.

 

[Sgooosh]

I did try my key hole saw, but the teeth were really too coarse... maybe a hack saw???

i've never cut the exact media pictured, but i have cut similar things with a smooth knife/box cutter knife. It's also easier if the knife is heated up a bit, hot glue gun temp

 

[Magnum Man]

I tried a sharp knife on a cutting board

 

[Magnum Man]

water is now crystal clear, better than it had been the last couple weeks