Ploprof - how to size it?

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Spinach will help you carry the weight
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The strap. Any videos or how to points.

Are you talking about cutting the rubber pieces? You can find a lot of info about how to measure. Once you know where to cut, measure and mark up. The following tips may be helpful for the actual cutting bit. Cut on top of a self-healing cutting mat, if possible, or at the minimum, a wooden cutting board. You want to cut through the strap all the way; don鈥檛 tear at it when it鈥檚 only almost all the way cut. Use a knife with a serrated blade. That鈥檚 the most important part, I鈥檝e found, through quite a bit of experience. An Xacto knife is no good for this. Too slick. I use a higher end steak knife. Fine serration. Use light passes, and don鈥檛 saw back and forth too much. Check your progress to get a straight up and down cut. That鈥檚 it, really. Hope that helps.
 
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Here is my advice, as i just did it.
Use a paper cutter that one would find at a workplace - sort of a hinged guillotine shaped device that one uses to cut paper. It works great. I have a small wrist and cut only one from each side, as you dont want to overcut. Recall that the bracelet can adjust alot.
The clasp has the omega to the omega side of the strap and the hippocampus to the plorprof side of the strap (those words are on the strap). I have the ploprof side with an extra hole and the omega side with one fewer, due to the clasp adjustment.
It works out well. Need a tool to get the spring bars going. it took me about 45 min and im new at this. Fear is overcutting.
 
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I just sized a new rubber strap for my wife's JLC Gran' Sport Reverso and I used a brand new single edge razor blade. Put the strap on a ceramic coaster and the blade made quick work of it.
 
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My watchmaker uses a utility knife blade or single-edged razor blade and a smacking object.

I used some extraorinarily sharp scissors made by Milwaukee Tool.