I described my paper cutting setup on the LF forum. For a cutter I used a smaller paper cutter. The thing is basically just the cutting part of the one you used and not much outside of that. I had intially planned to mount it to a wooden board with screws but when I got it home the molded plastic made it clear that trying to drill holes and mount screws would just have shattered it. So I mounted it to a wooden board with duct tape-). On one edge of the board I mounted a wooden guide. 1/2" high by 1/4" wide. More then big enough for the dark. At the time I only had 8" wide rolls of paper so I mounted the same sort of guide 8" across from the first guide. With the lights on I'll mount some sort of guide for length. All I do is clamp a third board at the right distance.
At the other end I made something similar to the things that hold butcher paper. Think a square U. At the tops I used a forstner bit to cut an open O. The paper rolls fits nicely onto an old broom handle. The whole combination is simple to put together in the dark. Big broom handle. Big holes for mounting it. I've found that what works with the lights on didn't work for me with the lights off. The second guide for example was added because I couldn't get straight cuts with the lights off. Seems with the lights on I would adjust the paper without even knowing it. So I've made the setup almost impossible to screw up.
I need to make a new one for 10" wide paper.
If the roll film can be mounted onto some thing round [dowel etc] then I think my setup would work okay for film. |