What's a straight edge
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- Ranger
OK - my Dad has asked for a 600 mm straight edge for Christmas. Is this just old school for a ruler or is it something specific I need to look out for?
- Ranger0
Well your useful google link comes up with various decorators things, he is not a decorator. Technical hand drawings and plans. Or maybe just a ruler for cutting. Just wondered if it was a term everyone else knew and had kept from me. Guess I'll have to actually ask him.
- BaskerviIle0
A straight edge is what we would call a ruler, it's for cutting.
I cut with a metal ruler, but technically a ruler is just for measuring things, a straight-edge is for cutting.
- benfal990
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- flashbender0
sorry I couldn't resist the lmgtfy link.
Typpically it is a metal ruler - or a ruler or another material that has a metal edge or lip so you can cut a straight line.
- Ranger0
Cool thanks y'all, makes sense as he wanted one with a grip underneath. I'll go see if they have any in Atlantis.
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- set0
Personally when he said it to me I would have gone 'no probs... but what the fuck is a straight edge?'
- 74LEO0
Straight edge you can cut with. you shouldn't cut/strip with a standard ruler. Most straight edges have a bevel also.
does your father do pre-press stripping? Is he a lithographer?