Teflon cutting block

Teflon Cutting Block for Upholstery Cutting Tools

This Teflon cutting block provides a suitable sacrificial cutting surface for upholstery button cutters, fabric cutters and other workshop cutting tools.

Designed to help protect cutting edges from direct contact with hard bench surfaces, the block is a simple but useful addition to professional upholstery, furniture manufacturing and restoration workshops.

Using a proper cutting surface can help reduce unnecessary wear on cutting tools and support cleaner, more consistent cutting.

Product Specification

• Product type: Cutting block
• Material: Teflon
• Application: Upholstery and button-cutting work
• Function: Protects cutting edges from hard work surfaces
• Suitable for: Fabric cutters, leather cutters and related upholstery tools
• Use: Manual workshop cutting
• Suitable for: Upholstery, furniture manufacture and restoration

What Is a Teflon Cutting Block Used For?

A Teflon cutting block acts as the surface beneath the material and cutter during manual cutting.

Rather than allowing the cutting edge to strike directly against:

• Metal benches
• Timber worktops
• Hard workshop surfaces
• Concrete or other unsuitable surfaces

the cutter meets the softer sacrificial block.

This helps reduce damage to the cutting edge and creates a more appropriate surface for repeated upholstery cutting work.

Why Use a Cutting Block with Upholstery Cutters?

Sharp cutting tools are important when producing covered upholstery buttons and other accurately cut workshop components.

A suitable cutting block can help:

• Protect the cutter edge
• Reduce premature blunting
• Provide a consistent cutting surface
• Protect the workbench
• Improve cutting control
• Support cleaner fabric and leather cuts
• Extend useful cutter life

This is particularly useful where cutters are being used repeatedly in a professional workroom.

Cutting Block for Upholstery Button Cutters

Covered upholstery buttons require accurately prepared covering material.

A cutting block is useful when manually operating button cutters used to prepare circles of:

• Upholstery fabric
• Leather
• Suitable vinyl
• Decorative furniture fabric

The block provides a safer working surface beneath the cutter while helping preserve the cutting edge.

Use with the Upholstery Fabric Cutter

The Fabric Cutter is made for preparing consistent fabric pieces for covered upholstery buttons.

It can be used with compatible presses or manually with a cutting block and mallet.

When used manually, the Teflon Cutting Block provides the sacrificial surface beneath the fabric and cutter.

This makes it suitable for:

• Headboard button production
• Deep-buttoned furniture
• Replacement upholstery buttons
• Furniture restoration
• Small workshop production

Use with the Leather Cutter

The Leather Cutter can also be used manually with a cutting block and mallet.

Leather and heavier materials can place greater demand on a cutting edge, making a suitable cutting surface especially important.

The Teflon Cutting Block helps provide a more forgiving surface beneath the cutter and avoids direct contact with a hard bench.

Use with C. S. Osborne Fabric Cutters

The C. S. Osborne Fabric Cutter can be used with the Osborne W1 and W3 button-making systems or manually by hand.

When used independently, a proper cutting surface helps protect the cutter while preparing circular fabric patches for covered buttons.

This makes the Teflon Cutting Block a useful companion for workshops using Osborne cutting tools outside a dedicated press setup.

Cutting Block for Manual Button-Cover Preparation

Manual button-cover cutting is useful where:

• A dedicated cutting press is not available
• Only small numbers of buttons are required
• Furniture restoration work is being carried out
• Replacement buttons are being made
• The workshop needs a flexible cutting setup

The block provides a compact surface that can be kept with button-cutting tools and used as required.

Cutting Block for Upholstery Fabric

Upholstery fabric cutters need a surface that allows the cutting edge to pass cleanly through the material without immediately striking a hard bench.

Using a Teflon Cutting Block helps create a more controlled cutting environment when preparing fabric pieces for:

• Sofa buttons
• Chair buttons
• Headboards
• Footstools
• Ottomans
• Decorative furniture panels
• Deep-buttoned upholstery

Cutting Block for Leather Button Making

Leather-covered buttons require particularly accurate preparation because leather is generally thicker and less flexible than conventional upholstery fabric.

A suitable cutting block helps support cutters when preparing leather pieces for:

• Headboards
• Chairs
• Sofas
• Ottomans
• Footstools
• Furniture restoration
• Decorative panels

For heavier materials, combine the cutting block with the appropriate Leather Cutter.

Protecting Upholstery Cutting Edges

A sharp cutter produces a cleaner cut with less effort.

Repeated contact with hard surfaces can blunt or damage a cutting edge, leading to:

• Ragged fabric cuts
• Incomplete cuts
• Additional cutting force
• Increased material waste
• Shorter cutter life

A sacrificial cutting block helps reduce unnecessary contact between the cutter edge and the workbench.

Cutting Block for Professional Upholstery Workshops

A Teflon cutting block is a useful workshop accessory for:

• Professional upholsterers
• Headboard manufacturers
• Furniture manufacturers
• Furniture restoration workshops
• Soft furnishing businesses
• Bespoke furniture makers
• Contract furniture manufacturers
• Upholstery production departments

It is particularly useful in workshops where fabric, leather and button-cover cutters are used regularly.

Teflon Cutting Block with Buttoning Tools

The cutting block forms part of a broader upholstery button-making setup.

Browse Buttoning Tools for:

• Fabric cutters
• Leather cutters
• Button dies
• Foam hole cutters
• Button presses
• Osborne button-making tools
• Nail-button tools

Using the correct cutting surface alongside suitable cutters and dies helps create a cleaner, more efficient workshop setup.

Use with Covered Button Making Equipment

For fabric-covered upholstery buttons, the cutting block can be used alongside:

• Fabric Cutter
• Leather Cutter
• C. S. Osborne Fabric Cutter
• Button Die
• D-1 Button Press
• D-3 Fabric & Button Press

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For help choosing the correct cutter, cutting surface or button-making equipment, contact us.

Durable Teflon cutting block for use with upholstery button cutters, fabric cutters and other workshop cutting tools.

• Provides a suitable sacrificial cutting surface
• Helps protect cutting edges from hard workbench surfaces
• Helps keep cutting tools sharper for longer
• Use it for manual use with fabric and leather button cutters
• Suitable for upholstery workshops, furniture manufacturers and restoration work
• Useful with Osborne cutters and general button-making equipment
• Compact workshop accessory for repeated cutting work

Use with the Fabric Cutter, Leather Cutter or C. S. Osborne Fabric Cutter.

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