{"id":31352,"date":"2018-05-01T02:00:19","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T09:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=31352"},"modified":"2018-04-28T12:43:54","modified_gmt":"2018-04-28T19:43:54","slug":"corrugated-cardboard-cutter-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/corrugated-cardboard-cutter-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Corrugated Cardboard Cutter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_69382\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5ICQvZ_0l10?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>This week, I\u2019m going to show you a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?v=5ICQvZ_0l10&#038;event=video_description&#038;q=http%3A%2F%2Famzn.to%2F2yOt9IB&#038;redir_token=U02BBLcbFP3ZY6G1Bfj9q7Tw5cZ8MTUyNTAzMDU5MUAxNTI0OTQ0MTkx\">knife designed specifically for cutting corrugated cardboard<\/a>. It\u2019s made in Japan, costs around $8, and if you want one for yourself, using the Amazon link in the description helps support my videos and the Cool Tools blog.<\/p>\n<p>Cardboard is an abundant resource for making crafts and mocking up design ideas. It\u2019s especially great for kids.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, one of the most common tools for working with cardboard is a boxcutter knife, which is a dangerous tool for anyone of any age. It\u2019s also really not a great tool for shaping cardboard. It cuts the stuff, but there\u2019s really not much nuance with it.<\/p>\n<p>The Canary Cardboard Cutter is a much more satisfying way to cut and shape cardboard. It has a finely serrated edge on both sides and a blunt tip. The edge could cut you if you sawed into yourself, but it\u2019s unlikely to cut you from casual handling.<\/p>\n<p>But when this thing comes into contact with corrugated cardboard, you can work through it like butter. Even without a pointy tip, you can easily work your way into any spot just by starting with the side of the blade and then pushing in.<\/p>\n<p>It works against the corrugation or with it. And unlike scissors it doesn\u2019t pinch the material at all and you can make long, swooping cuts with ease.<\/p>\n<p>But what this does better than any other tool I\u2019ve used is kerfing, which is to make a flexible joint on a material with a series of incomplete cuts. Using light pressure, you can get a consistent kerf cut for making hinges or tubes in cardboard designs.<\/p>\n<p>As a bonus, I\u2019ve had equally great results using this knife on foamcore, without any of the bunching you\u2019ll sometimes get with a box cutter or x-acto blade.<\/p>\n<p>Best of all, it\u2019s just $8. If nothing else, it\u2019s a great, relatively safe tool for breaking down cardboard boxes for recycling.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/corrugated-cardboard-cutter\/\">Previous Cool Tool Review<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cut cardboard easily<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[19,2337],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31352"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31352"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31356,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31352\/revisions\/31356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}