[starman]

Hi all,
Ok, this is an odd request. You know those packages we seem to get now and then that's all plastic and f'n IMPOSSIBLE to cut with a scissor because of all the twists and bends in the molding? Yeah, those. Like the Wii controller. I almost broke the scissor because you can't flatten the plastic to cut it and the blades twist apart. So I thought it would be cool to get a little laser that I could just cut the damn plastic with. Any idea where to get them, and are they legal?

[macroy]

Actually - I think you can buy a cutting tool specifically for those type of packaging now. I believe I saw it on TV not too long ago. I was pissed too.... what a freakin' genius - I wish I thought of that.

[Gossamer]

I know you can get green laser pointers capable of popping balloons and cutting through electrical tape, but they're darn near $1000.
Check this out:
Way back when

[Millennium]

It's an interesting thought, but how could you make something like that safe?

[starman]

Goggles + the garage. I wouldn't use it around the kids, and I'd keep it where they can't find it.

Last night I had to fight with three packages like that: A Wii controller, a nunchuck, and this flute my daughter got as a grab bag. I'm sick of these plastic monstrosities and I thought that a laser that I could cut the edge with would be perfect. Just burn the perimiter and done.

[Dakar²]

Originally Posted by Millennium 

It's an interesting thought, but how could you make something like that safe?

Yeah, I suppose it could inadvertently look like a scene from Texas Chainsaw Massacre when you open something Christmas morning.

[BlueSky]

Originally Posted by Dakar² 

Yeah, I suppose it could inadvertently look like a scene from Texas Chainsaw Massacre when you open something Christmas morning.

Ah, memories.

[Dakar²]

Originally Posted by BlueSky 

Ah, memories.

Next Christmas Wishlist:

Prosthetic Leg
Prosthetic Arm
Seeing Eye Dog
Helper Monkey

[kikkoman]

Black and Decker Power Scissors

[cszar2001]

Originally Posted by starman 

Hi all,
Ok, this is an odd request. You know those packages we seem to get now and then that's all plastic and f'n IMPOSSIBLE to cut with a scissor because of all the twists and bends in the molding? Yeah, those. Like the Wii controller. I almost broke the scissor because you can't flatten the plastic to cut it and the blades twist apart. So I thought it would be cool to get a little laser that I could just cut the damn plastic with. Any idea where to get them, and are they legal?

A laser that powerful will severly damage your eyesight even when just a bit of it is reflected onto your retina.
Get a sharp knife - much safer.

[starman]

Originally Posted by cszar2001 

A laser that powerful will severly damage your eyesight even when just a bit of it is reflected onto your retina.
Get a sharp knife - much safer.

psst. goggles.

[Calimus]

I dunno, kinda sounds like way overkill, Even a good laser is going to cut fairly slow as so you have to sit there for a few minutes slowly pushing the item across the beam. Then you get burning plastic fumes, and the paper/cardboard insert in the packaging probably catching on fire. While it's a cool Tim Allen "MORE POWER" way to open stuff, a $5 hack saw will get the job done in 1/2-1/4 the time, and safer if you have a miter box that the packaging will fit in.

[turtle777]

A laser ? Are you serious ?

Why not an exacto knife. That's all you need.

-t

[SirCastor]

This thing works well.

The Amazing OpenX�!

[Doofy]

Work out more, listen to Van Halen more.

[olePigeon]

A pair of box cutters and a cutting mat/board works for me.

[Kevin Dunahee]

Wicked Lasers


Let me know it you get one. I want to hear feedback.

[olePigeon]

$4,000 is a little excessive for opening a plastic package.

[starman]

$4k? More like $320

[Mrjinglesusa]

Originally Posted by macroy 

Actually - I think you can buy a cutting tool specifically for those type of packaging now. I believe I saw it on TV not too long ago. I was pissed too.... what a freakin' genius - I wish I thought of that.

http://www.asseenontvnetwork.com/pac...rk/?cid=247253

I pissed when I saw that too. So simple and much needed.

[osiris]

Try a sawzall.

[::maroma::]

Holy cripes I frigging HATE that kind of packaging! It is probably the single biggest pet peeve I have in my life. Its the most unfriendly, dangerous, environmentally terrible packaging known to man. And everyone and their mother uses it because its cheap.

I have drawn blood at least 4 or 5 times trying to get that sort of packaging open. Its the only packaging that, when you're finally done getting your item out, you can take all that rage and anger and use the shards of packaging to kill someone with. Preferably the asswipe who came up with that crap.

[olePigeon]

Originally Posted by ::maroma:: 

Holy cripes I frigging HATE that kind of packaging! It is probably the single biggest pet peeve I have in my life. Its the most unfriendly, dangerous, environmentally terrible packaging known to man. And everyone and their mother uses it because its cheap.

I have drawn blood at least 4 or 5 times trying to get that sort of packaging open. Its the only packaging that, when you're finally done getting your item out, you can take all that rage and anger and use the shards of packaging to kill someone with. Preferably the asswipe who came up with that crap.

"Sorry, sir, we don't take back opened merchandise."
...
*stab* *stab* *stab* *stab*

[ghporter]

Heavy. Duty. Shears. Keep 'em clean and they'll open ANYTHING you can get them around.

I often use a "hobby knife," the kind that has a sliding, (and reversible) trapezoidal blade, or the above mentioned shears. Works great. I cut off the welded margin and the contents is MINE! Haaaaaa!

[zro]

Originally Posted by Kevin Dunahee 

Wicked Lasers


Let me know it you get one. I want to hear feedback.

I bet them come in a blister package.

[vmarks]

I think I read in the Business 2.0 article that the inventor of the opener at myopenx.com was also responsible for the blister pack we have come to know and hate.

His wife is reputed to have challenged him to invent the opener for the damn things, so he did.

[Kevin]

It's basically a glamorized razor-blade.

[King Bob On The Cob]

Originally Posted by olePigeon 

A pair of box cutters and a cutting mat/board works for me.

Turrorist!

[starman]

Box cutters aren't as much fun

[alligator]

You're going to have to water cool the laser, and then you'll look pretty funny standing next to your bathroom sink every time you open a package.

[OwlBoy]

Post Padder!

-owl

[Eriamjh]

The person who invented that packaging should be killed mercilessly.

[SpaceMonkey]

Originally Posted by Eriamjh 

The person who invented that pakaging ing should be killed mercilessly.

Sounds like you're suffering from Wrap Rage.

[Goldfinger]

A Stanley is all you need:

[Y3a]

Xacto is fine. I'd use a pair of sissors that come with knife sets. They cut bones, etc. Laser will just melt both sides together where you cut anyway.

[the_glassman]

http://img.clubic.com/photo/00151357.jpg

[turtle777]

^^^ In honor of tooki ?

-t

[RobOnTheCape]

I use tin snips

[Eriamjh]

Originally Posted by SpaceMonkey 

Sounds like you're suffering from Wrap Rage.

I have hurt myself and feel the same way Steven does.

[pyrite]

Originally Posted by what_the_heck 

^^^ In honor of tooki ?

-t

where did tooki actually go? iv seen a couple of threads mention his departure.. ?? tooki rocked!!