CutterPillar Crease Scoring Board: A Buyers FAQ
Q: Why do I need a scoring board for paper-crafts?
A: Scoring paper before attempting to fold it stretches and breaks down some of the paper fibers. This makes folding easier and more accurate, for one thing. Secondly, there are some papers with coatings or inner-cores that are different colors than the surface color. Stretching those fibers before you attempt a hard fold gives you a better chance of folding the paper without revealing the inner core. So scoring is definitely the way to go on those types of papers.
The scoreboard will give you scores that will make you cards and projects look much better and professional. It keeps the cardstock from cracking when the paper fibers and pulled, pushed and stretched. However, all scoring tools are not equal.
Q: What is the scoring size of the Cutterpillar Crease Score Board
A: The Crease will score up to 12.5 x 12.5 stocks.
Q: What is the width of the scores.
A: It depends on how hard the score tools are pressed into the paper. But on average the score is .05 or 1-20th of an inch wide. However, if you press harder in the scoring tools, this width is slightly wider.
Q: Does the Crease have more than one way to score?
A: Yes, the Crease has two separate scoring methods. Each very different than all of the other scoring boards on the market.
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The first method is somewhat similar to other scoring boards. It uses a scoring tool to push the paper-stock into the board’s negative groove. Creating the score line. However, the Crease’s tool has a distinct advantage over other “bone folding” tools.
- The Crease uses an embossing-ball tip that is much less likely to pierce the paper. Because the round tip is much less sharp versus bone folder tools sharp edges. This scoring method is recommended for quick scores, through lighter card stock and paper.
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One disadvantage of most other scoring methods is that the scoring tool presses into the stock’s fibers and “displaces” them. (meaning that the paper fibers are pushed into the groves and often cut or broken on a microscopic scale. That’s is the main reason that many scores lines done this method are punctured or ripped. These fibers are permanently broken.
- The Crease’s second method of scoring is truly unique. It is modeled after professional printer’s scoring methods. The “Scoring Rule” is a thin metal bar that is placed and locked on the surface of the Crease. The Scoring Tool has a second tool-tip with a narrow channel. This channel fits perfectly on the top of the Scoring Rule. This channel and the Scoring-Rule together give the Crease its distinct advantage… The paper stock’s fibers are compressed between these two tools, not torn. Which is much less likely to break the fibers in the stock. This is why the Crease is so much more effective in scoring heavier stocks and especially across the grain of paper. (Which has its own challenges)
The Crease’s Scoring Rule method will amaze its users how it makes professional looking scores and will not pierce, nor tear the paper 99% of the time.
