<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3157" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Thanks for sharing John. Your chopper looks very interesting. Could you please expand - provide more detail - on the blade-holder hinges?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><EM>"The blade slides in two upright supports in walnut, braced across the back with the same walnut. These are provided with sailcloth hinges that screw into the base and can be raised or lowered to bring the fulcrum exactly level with the top surface of the cutting bed, which may be of various suitable materials such as wood, polyurethane etc."</EM></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Sailcloth hinges - as in what is commonly referred to as a luff slider or mainsail hank that go on the luff edge of a sailboat mainsail - the things that slide into a recessed groove in the aft side of the mast to attack the mainsail to the mast? Or are they something else?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>How do they screw into the base? How do they raise and lower?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Thanks. Look like a real slick setup.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: "John Delacour" <</FONT><A href="mailto:JD@Pianomaker.co.uk"><FONT face=Arial size=2>JD@Pianomaker.co.uk</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>></FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>>I have posted some pictures here<BR>>    <</FONT><A href="http://pianomaker.co.uk/technical/guillotine/"><FONT face=Arial size=2>http://pianomaker.co.uk/technical/guillotine/</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>><BR>> of the guillotine I now use.  I have never found any commercially <BR>> available guillotine satisfactory and have always used a sharp knife in <BR>> guides.  The simplest tool can be made by using hammer shanks or <BR>> chopsticks as the guides.  Simply drill two pairs of holes almost <BR>> touching in a block of wood and knock in the shanks.  A very sharp knife <BR>> with a slightly curved blade slides firmly between the two pairs of <BR>> sticks and will do the job very accurately provided your drilling is exact.<BR>> <BR>> JD<BR>> <BR>></FONT></BODY></HTML>