I use my Amazon and Chewy boxes in the garden for weed control.Yeah, I really believe in safety first because a stupid accident can lead to a big medical bill or worse. Those safety rulers look like a good idea if you have your fingers anywhere near a utility knife razor blade.
When I used a utility knife to cut cardboard, my second hand was nowhere near the cutting blade. I would also have a scrap piece of plywood that I would cut stuff up on for better control.
Having said that, the power cutters are just so much better, easier, and safer to use. Plus, I can just leave the power cutters in the house and take them out of the drawer when I need them. I don't have to take our cardboard boxes out to the garage before I can process them into strips for feeding into the paper shredder.
All our Amazon and QVC boxes are cut up and shredded in the house without having to move them back out to the garage and storing them there until I get around to processing them.
You know, a big shout out to the companies like Amazon and QVC that are now shipping products in cardboard boxes that are 100% recyclable, with compostable paper labels and tape instead of plastics. Takes me almost no time to cut those cardboard boxes into strips with my power cutter and feed them into the paper shredder. Makes wonderful chicken coop litter and later gets composted out in the chicken run.
