Another relatively inexpensive tool for hot
melt cutting Stabiltex/Tetex can be purchased from the Clotilde sewing notions
catalogue. The manufacturer is Wall Lenk.
Item # 526700
Hot Knife 5 in 1 Tool Kit $40.98 US
Item # 523896
Angled Stencil Tip $4.48 US
The tool kit comes with 8 different tips
and a length of solder, but I find the angled stencil tip (sold separately)
most useful for cutting Tetex.
Clotilde, LLC
P O. Box
7500
Big Sandy, TX 75755
www.clotilde.com
1-800-772-2891
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Kathleen Kiefer
Associate Conservator of
Textiles
Winterthur
Museum, Garden & Library
Route 52
Winterthur,
DE 19735
(302) 888-4714 - phone
(302) 888-4838 - fax
kkiefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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From: Textile Conservators
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Of Renee Dancause
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006
12:49 PM
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Subject: Re: hot cutting tool
Hi Shirley,
I
am unfamiliar with the tool that you mention in your email. However, I
have found another tool that is suitable for hot melt cutting Tetex from Lee
Valley Tools (www.leevalley.com). The tool is the Razertip Wood Burning
System and it is made in Canada. Two models can be found in the 2005 Lee
Valley catalogue on page 73. One has a single wood burning pen, and the
other has the capability of handling two pens.
Razertip
Model # SK (single pen) $149 CDN
Razertip
Model #SS-D10 (dual pen) $189 CDN
You
have the option of purchasing 'fixed tip' handpieces, heavy duty 'fixed tip'
handpieces, and miniature interchangeable tips and interchangeable handles. Our
lab purchased the SK (single pen) model and a set of miniature interchangeable
tips and we are very happy with it.
Renée
Dancause
Conservator
Canadian
Conservation Institute
1030
Innes Road
Ottawa,
ON, Canada
K1A
0M5
Tel:
(613)998-3721
Fax:
(613)998-4721
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I
am trying to locate a hot cutting tool suitable for cutting
Stabiltex/Tetex. I've found the archived
info on COOL which refers to:
Combination Stencil Cutting Kit:
Item number: CSC120
The American Quilter
P.O. Box 7455
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Does anyone know of this company and what their
phone number/email
address might be? Or of another source for
this tool or others suitable
for hot cutting Tetex?
thanks,
Shirley
Shirley Ellis
Textile Conservator
Royal Ontario Museum
100 Queen's Park
Toronto, ON M5S 2C6
ph: 416 586-5878
fax: 416 586-8036