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What's-It Forum => What's-It Forum => Topic started by: rustyric on April 11, 2017, 03:48:51 PM

Title: Little Hand Operated Guillotine By Marples And Sons Sheffield
Post by: rustyric on April 11, 2017, 03:48:51 PM: Picked this little beauty up at the local car boot sale this weekend. I know it a guillotine, but what is it designed to cut up ? I think it may have been used for chopping up lead prior melting for use in the printing industry many years ago.

(http://i.imgur.com/EAQPehr.jpg)
Title: Re: Little Hand Operated Guillotine By Marples And Sons Sheffield
Post by: skipskip on April 11, 2017, 06:46:05 PM: sure its for cutting?

blades seem a bit dull

might be a squeezer instead

either way it's really cool!
Title: Re: Little Hand Operated Guillotine By Marples And Sons Sheffield
Post by: rustyric on April 12, 2017, 09:03:24 AM: Definately not a squeezer - the blades are offset like a proper guillotine
Title: Re: Little Hand Operated Guillotine By Marples And Sons Sheffield
Post by: bill300d on April 12, 2017, 09:54:19 AM: Tile cutter as per the 1928 catalog.
Title: Re: Little Hand Operated Guillotine By Marples And Sons Sheffield
Post by: Bill Houghton on April 12, 2017, 11:30:32 AM: I'm afraid, if I used it, the tiles would be reduced to a little pile of clay chips. Nifty find.
Title: Re: Little Hand Operated Guillotine By Marples And Sons Sheffield
Post by: kwoswalt99 on April 12, 2017, 11:34:20 AM: I'd like to see a video of it in action!
Title: Re: Little Hand Operated Guillotine By Marples And Sons Sheffield
Post by: Northwoods on April 12, 2017, 12:33:06 PM: Likely good for nipping, making corners and such.
Title: Re: Little Hand Operated Guillotine By Marples And Sons Sheffield
Post by: turnnut on April 12, 2017, 01:17:19 PM: now he has to find that wrench that is in the ad.
Title: Re: Little Hand Operated Guillotine By Marples And Sons Sheffield
Post by: rustyric on April 12, 2017, 02:29:10 PM: Fantastic - A tile cutter I would have never guessed that. Only this mystery unbranded plane to get now !