When cutting shrink plastic with the Brother Scan N Cut it can be a challenge to know how big to cut the piece to make it the right size when it shrinks. Here is a quick hack on how to create a shrink plastic calculator.
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Lovely demo and reminder John, I don’t use shrink plastic enough, but did find the ruler I made years ago the other day xx
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Very clever idea John, sometimes the simple things are the ones that are the best.
Thank you so much for this tutorial, stay safe and have a wonderful Sunday.
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Brilliant idea as now I can do things with the pile of shrink plastic I was given thank you
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Thank you John, saves a lot of trial and error
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Very clever John you made it look so easy opens up a wealth of creative stuff to do and not make a mess of it. Thank you X
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My grandaughter only asked me last night if my SnC would cut shrink plastic but i didmt know. So you can add psychic to your cv lol.
John, what blade and cutting pressure would you use?
Also, i had no idea you could change the mat grid spacing. So 2 lots of unfo in one tutorial. Many many thanks.
Lin Willcocks
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I used a DX1200 so the autoblade took care of it.
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