uhu02's noisy cricket build thread - Page 6

**The Orange** · #51 07-17-2010, 10:09 PM

Wow! You've gotten far and quick! Circles are little devils, until you get a hole puncher + a circle cutter. Then it's a dream come true! (Still have yet to get mine)

**Squirrel** · #52 07-17-2010, 10:13 PM

thanks! yeah, i hate circles. for one thing, i am prone to tearing them in half. for another, they never seem to fit right. BUT I SHALL PUSH ON!

**The Orange** · #53 07-17-2010, 10:33 PM

Do you use scissors for circles? For now, I do, and it is a pain to cut perfect ones :( I've heard of other techniques like homemade cutters (Saw some devices of the sort on here yesterday) and slowly going about using an X-acto.

Never tore one in half, but sometimes the fit I'll have to improvise

**Aven** · #54 07-17-2010, 10:52 PM

Impressive,I once printed this template out,looked at it for awhile trying to figure out how to build it,decided to save it for later....later still hasn't come.

**Squirrel** · #55 07-18-2010, 09:56 AM

these circles are hollow, and the edges are maddeningly thin. so tearing is common.

**kourin** · #56 07-18-2010, 11:51 AM

Have you tried nail clippers?

That's what I use for circles, and with enough patience and small nips at the edges, you can get a pretty good circle cut.

**Squirrel** · #57 07-18-2010, 11:58 AM

hm... no, i never tried it, but it sounds like a good idea! i will try it right now!

**Squirrel** · #58 07-18-2010, 01:19 PM

it works! who knew!

**kourin** · #59 07-18-2010, 01:25 PM

:D
I'm just passing on info I learned, I read about it in a book a long time ago when I was in elementary, it was a technique for making circles in kirigami(Kinda like origami but you cut the paper after you fold), I found it's useful for paper modelling as well.

**Squirrel** · #60 07-18-2010, 07:53 PM

little dial things on the side. (52-56/57-58)