Veneer Guillotines

I have recently posted a couple of blog entries that featured my veneer guillotines so I thought I might post them as a project. Of course I have two as I need one in my home shop and one in my winter shop.

They are a little different in their cutting parts but the basic design is the same. This is not my idea. It is my version of a commercially available cutter I saw some years ago. I would like to give credit but a quick internet search didn’t turn up the original.

Anyway, they are very handy for cutting banding and parquetry parts.

The photos show the differences.

photo #1 My home cutter. I’ve had it for years but only recently used it in a real project.

photo #2 My Arizona cutter doing Louis cubes.

photo #3 Cutter #1 has a pair of blocks that squeeze a safety razor blade.

photo #4 You can make the blocks whatever shape you want.

photo #5 An illustration of how you can use it to make curved banding parts.

Anyone can make one. The concept is simple. The important thing is making the hinge snug enough to make the blade strike the same place every time.

There is a video of #1 in action.

Thanks for looking.

Paul