That’s a great idea. I like to mask most things, but it’s such a waste to do both sides. I don’t think I’d have thought of just putting paper underneath and just masking the top when I need it. Guess I figured it would have little pieces of paper flying around and cause a fire hazard. Does it work with plexiglass as well as wood?
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Paper below works especially well with Plexi/acrylic - while the bits below don’t blow around, keep a close eye on intricate cuts for fires as usual. Small vacuum or ball of tape works great to pick up paper bits from the crumb tray after.
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I’ve got a whole roll of kraft paper in a cabinet somewhere! woohoo! lol
@jamesdhatch ohhh and I almost forgot that I have the end of a giant roll of blank newspaper!
Growing up, we used to get the end of a roll for free at the newspaper and use them to make birthday signs and all kinds of things. It was harder to get one now but luckily a friend hooked us up. 
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Definitely. I use it mostly for acrylic.
Depending on how well you dial in your power/speed settings you can end up with mostly intact paper that removes pretty easily. Worst case tape or a small vac takes care of it.
I forgot one time too many and decided a gentle reminder was called for. The button was the perfect placement.
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@ekla - Great to know, thanks! We had to go to Lowe’s yesterday, so I picked up two rolls of it, that way I can also use it below my projects I’m painting on instead of more expensive freezer paper! Now my hubby needs to make me another dispenser for it like he did for my masking tape roll. Yay!
@jamesdhatch - thanks! @PrintToLaser - that’s great!! Made me laugh!
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Bahaha! Omg, that is awesome! 
I recently posted, asking for creative inspiration for the button guard thingy (what do people call them?). This inspired me! Thinking now of which friendly (or not-so-friendly) 
reminder I’d like to make for myself….
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Thank you! That’s the key word I was missing in my searches. 
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I have a confession.
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wait for it.
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I’ve never made an escutcheon. (gasp!)
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(me either 
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Threetto 
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I have seen several that look fun, but I have never made one either.
If I do, it will likely be gear related.
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Still spinning away on my machine…
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I’m glad this came up. Since you made this back in 2018, I never would have seen it. And it was fun reading through all the comments too!
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That was the only one I saw that tempted me. If I were to make one today, that is the one at the top of my list!
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Please do!
Does it line the the bed? Or the walls?
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The bed. Place it on the bed and then put what you are cutting on top of it.
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