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Trimming Knife Manufacturer,Supplier and Exporter in India

Product Code : EL-MWLE-9350
Jlab Export is a leading Trimming Knife Manufacturer,and suppliers in India

A trimming knife makes clean straight cuts and fine marking lines in card, foam, laminate and thin timber. This one has a lightweight 6 in die cast aluminium handle that stores spare blades inside. The blade retracts and sets at full, half or one-quarter extension, and an interlocking nose holds it in place. It comes with 3 heavy duty blades.

Knife Specifications

Handle	Lightweight die cast aluminium
Handle length	6 in (152.4 mm)
Blade positions	Retractable, full, half and one-quarter
Blades supplied	3 heavy duty blades
Blade storage	Inside the handle
Nose	Interlocking, holds the blade in place
Minimum order quantity	10 units
Dispatch time	Usually 4–6 working days
Manufacturer	JLab (Jain Laboratory Instruments Pvt Ltd), Ambala, India

Workshop Practice with the Trimming Knife

Carpentry students learn to mark a joint with a knife line instead of a pencil line. They hold an Engineers Square against the face of a batten, run the knife along the blade to cut the fibres, and saw on the waste side. The knife line gives a crisp shoulder that a pencil cannot match.

In refrigeration and plumbing installation practice, gaps where pipes pass through a wall are filled with PU Foam. Once it has cured, trainees trim the surplus flush with the knife at half extension. Model-making classes cut card and foam board against a Steel Rule, with the blade set short for thin sheet.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the three blade positions for?
The blade locks at one-quarter, half or full extension. Use the short setting for scoring and thin card, where a long blade would wander, and the full setting for thicker foam or board. Retract it after every cut.

How many blades come with the knife, and where are spares kept?
It comes with 3 heavy duty blades. The spares sit in the storage space inside the aluminium handle, so a fresh blade is always with the knife.

How is the blade changed?
Retract the blade, open the handle and lift the worn blade off its seat. Take a new one from the handle storage, fit it in the same place and close the handle before extending the blade again. Wrap used blades before throwing them away.

How should students use the knife safely?
Cut on a board, draw the knife away from your body and keep the other hand behind the blade. Use a straight edge as a guide, take several light passes on thick material, and retract the blade before putting the knife down.