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When I was talking about using a knife to free parts from sprues, I was only talking about the tiny fragile parts. I use a sprue cutter all the time on large parts. Actually I don't use a #11 on sprues. I use a #16 blade. It has a small edge which fits into the sprues better. Also, when removing the fragile parts from the sprue, a lot of times you can remove some of the stress by judiciously removing or cutting away parts of the sprues which may cause stress. Raynbecky, You make me feel lucky, I have only had a few minor accidents with with Exacto blades and I have probably been using them for 45 years!
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