Comments on: A cutter’s must pt 2

By: Lynne

Lynne — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 01:40:57 +0000

I am looking for a small fringe cutting machine,
can anyone tell me where to find one?
Thanks,
Lynne

By: Fashion-Incubator

Fashion-Incubator — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 23:42:20 +0000

PN numbers

This post is about PN numbers -another layer of complexity in pattern room management and I hope I can explain this well. PN stands for Pattern Number so when we say PN numbers -and we usually do- we’re being redundant….

By: Jinjer Markley

Jinjer Markley — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 19:58:30 +0000

Kathleen,

woah, every time I ask one of these seemingly simple questions, the answer just generates more questions! I feel like I’m digging the foundation for a house with a spade.

Some of your recent posts have really made me wonder: just how many departments ARE there in a fully in-house manufacturing facility? Even if you only have 19 people (and where’d you get that number for optimal # of employees?)

Oh yeah, and what’s a “clicker”?

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 17:57:06 +0000

Excellent question Jinjer!
For this exercise I didn’t include the concept of a fringe block (that’s what it’s called) for several reasons.
1. The quantity of fringe blocks cut (and trims, buttons, etc) are detailed on the direction card. The direction card is the final word on all the pieces and componentry of the style.
2. A cutter’s must is invariate with respect to sizing. All smalls, mediums etc need 2 or 1 per of this or that and the number of fringe blocks to cut is depends on size. Iow, you’d cut 7 fringe blocks for a small, 8 for a medium, 9 for a large etc. This is why I say it’s best to hire specialists because the width of fringe blocks are designed in widths that reflect the size of the grade and a non-specialist wouldn’t know this. That way, a fringe block wouldn’t need to be graded; you could use one for all sizes.
3. Yes, you can put cutting details for all affected trims on the cutter’s must (in that case, provide three copies of the must, one for cutting, one for trims -another department- and one for sorting-also another sub department) but since I didn’t include other items that would go under trims (wigan, buttons, sleeve heads etc) on my must, I didn’t include fringe blocks either. I realize that may seem contradictory but as things stand now, fringe is a totally separate operation from cutting the shell; the workstation -while part of the leather department- is a totally different workstation set up. Cutting fringe is another grunt job . Fringe is not cut with the huge clickers (20 tons) that are used for the shell pieces. Fringe is cut either on a fringe cutter (roll die) machine *or* with one of the smaller clickers.
4. I was trying to simplify the explanation of a cutter’s must.

By: Jinjer Markley

Jinjer Markley — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 03:15:00 +0000

It just occured to me: where is the fringe on here? And if it isn’t here, how is the fringe accounted for, and who cuts it to the correct length?

i.e. how do you deal with trims liek ribbon, fringe, etc.?