What other details can be added to the rugs to make them much more unique? Well, shaving them gives them the extra touch you are looking for. You can cut, shave, trim and carve your rug, there are a lot of possibilities depending of your preferences and style. Here we will recommend the best tufting rug shavers for your projects.
Dream Reach Gromming Clippers
If you are a beginner, the Dream Reach clipper will be the perfect trimming tool for you. Is not expensive as the bigger ones, you can use it for trimming and carving, which is an important part of rug-making, as it adds texture and dimension to the rug. One thing we recommend is to purchase several blades, as they wear out. and lubricate once you start and finish to work with it. To preserve your blade better, the ideal is to lubricate it with oil before and after use, as well as clean it to remove any wool residue.
Electric Power Scissors
A great tool for trimming rugs. It is perfect for cutting the excess of each color block, in this way, the different colors are not mixed. It does the same as a normal scissors, only electrically so you will save time in the process. At the end, you will have a clean tufted piece.
- CORDLESS SCISSORS - walowalo 4V scissors allows you to take your projects on the go and eliminates the need for messy cords. With the removable battery, you can use the cutter as long as you want because you don't need to wait for it to recharge. You can cut out 8 double layer golf cart seat cover sets within 20 minutes instead of taking 120 to 180 minutes to do it by hand. Great Valentines day gifts for women, men. Good for mothers day gifts, gifts for mom, fathers day gifts, gifts for dad, christmas gifts.
- UP TO 120 MINUTES OF CONTINUOUS CUTTING TIME - This professional electric cutter comes with 2 rechargeable lithium-ion batteries which offers 45 to 60 minutes of usage for each one. Thanks to the fast charger, it only takes 1 hour to fully charge each 2300 mAh battery.
- TWO BLADES POWER THROUGH THICK AND THIN MATERIALS - With two easy installing blades, you can complete any everyday job, home DIY task or crafting project effortlessly.The fabric blade “O” will cut through plastic straps, tin/ aluminum sheets, vinyl floor-covering, solid cardboard, cotton fabrics, leather, felt while the hard materials blade “D” will cut through corrugated cardboard, rose stems, double layers of thick polar fleece and carpet backing.
- LOCKING POWER SWITCH - No need to continuously hold the the safety button! Just push forward and release. Your scissors will remain poweredon until you press the button again to turn them off.
- MEET ALL CUTTING NEEDS - The walowalo cordless battery power scissors are the ideal tool for fiberglass work, modelers, anyone who sew's and crafters. Also great for mild arthritis and fibromyalgia. No sore, aching or tired wrist anymore.
Duckbill Scissors
Such as the Dream Reach Clippers, the duckbill scissors may be the first option if you’re a beginner and don’t want to spend too much money yet. Thanks to the duckbill form, the scissors are perfect to cut the yarn that sticks out. You can make this with a simple scissors but the way this blade have make it perfect to do the trimming of the rug.
- Premium Duckbill Applique Scissors: Effectively allows you to cut one side of the seam and not the other. It lets you trim the excess of your applique without cutting into the base fabric. Perfect for your embroidery and sewing projects!
- Very Comfortable in the Hand: Duckbill scissors designed ergonomically to be easy on the hand. It’s very lightweight to reduce hand fatigue. Features a ½ inch wide paddle-shaped duck bill providing a high degree of precision useful to trim around edges.
- Razor-Sharp: Features razor-sharp blades with tension adjustment screw and offset handles. It can be resharpened and adjusted, if required.
- High Grade German Steel: Made from premium grade double-plated chrome finish German steel.
- American Brand Quality: ThreadNanny is a reputable family-owned American company. We take pride in the quality of our products.
Professional Sheep Shears
Perfect for larger rugs! The sheep shears are quicker and heavier so you have to be careful at using it. The best thing to do is practise first and buy a guide so that the carpet is at the same level and there are no holes. We recommend using it with anti-vibration gloves.
- NOT FOR DOG, HIGH EFFICIENCY - BEETRO sheep shear, a power of 500 watts and provides up to 2400 RPM to improve efficiency, making your job of shearing sheep, goat alpaca and more to become more easily and quickly.
- SPEED ADJUSTABLE - Low speed (1-3) offers precision performance to clip sensitive areas while high speed (4-6) delivers maximum power for faster trims and full body shave down. Whether you are a beginner or professional, the 6 speeds control help you finish the task quickly and easily.
- PROFESSIONAL SHEARS - Sharp blade with high hardness, high heat resistance, toughness.
- MULTIPLE USE - A professional sheep clipper, suitable for sheep, goats, llamas, alpacas. While we do not recommend using it on cats and puppies since the powerful motor. And please do not use it on people.
- CAUTIONS -When using electric sheep shears, remember to lubricate the blades. Remember that the machine cannot run at idle. It is easy to get hot when two blades rub together. Please use the cooling spray every few minutes, take short breaks during shearing, clean the blade in time and don't run idle to prevent the blade from overheating. And please pay attention to its size and weight, it may be large and heavy for someone.
Scissors Kit
All these tools will help you during the tufting process, either by cutting fabrics and yarn or by doing the necessary carving. We recommend that you have this type of scissors to handle the different thicknesses and tasks that you will have to carry out for your projects. Scissors are a great option at the beginning so you don’t spend too much money.