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Sheet cutting
Hey guys,
A couple of weeks ago I posted
quote :We do a lot of work with 2mm thick Cobex and Darvic sheeting which we have delivered in as 4’x4′ sheets.For years we’ve used a treadle guillotine to cut the sheets to size (we do huge numbers of small footpath waymarking signs, etc for use on nature reserves) but I want to replace this with an ‘automatic’ machine that will cut ‘at the press of a button’ rather than ‘at the stamp of a foot’.
Does anyone know of any suitable electric-run guillotine – and suppliers?
We don’t have a ‘3-phase’ electricity supply, which I gather is necessary for some machines.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated….
Simon
and ‘though it seems that lots of you looked at the request, I’ve had no suggestions… yet… 🙁
I really would value your help and advice on this one as my signmaker is now suffering from a bad back (thankfully not caused by work) meaning he can’t do the basic cutting with our present guillotine.
Thanks in anticipation of the flood of replies to this posting…
Simon
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13 Replies
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Try getting in touch with some print machine suppliers and ask them for a second hand guillotine. You will probably find them a little smaller than 4′.
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Daves response is what I was thinking too. We have second industrial machine brokers here that would easily source a second hand unit. I would hazard a guess that you would have something similar over there.
Or, go to an auction specialising in industrial machinery. One of my print clients only ever buys from auctions as the units are not in big demand second hand, and they usually go for a song.
Cheers
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Thanks Dave,
Any names??
Simon
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Thanks Shane,
I tried ‘guillotine’ and ‘auction’ in Google and came up with this one… I’m not sure it’s quite what I’m after though…
http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/aug03/guilottine.html 🙂
Simon
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“The guillotine is no longer safe to use” – not the best selling point I thought 😮
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Simon,
The SignLink magazine has guillotines for sales on the back pages. I also asked my friend who has exactly the type of thing you mean and he reckons any of the printing trade magazines have them listed also. Very pricey though.
Hope this is some help!
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I think he’s on about an industrial style like these…. simon our workshop doesn’t have one, not sure it would get used enough as we use fabircations like dibond etc.
http://business.listings.ebay.co.uk/Met … ngItemList
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why not get a new sign maker? 😀
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Try this link Simon…..
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Hamlet said:
quote :why not get a new sign maker?OOOooooooooohhhhh! That’s low :lol1: :lol1:
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Hi all,
Thanks for your various suggestions about guillotines. Someone else suggested using a router to cut the sheets and drill them at the same time ready for fixing.
I’ve arranged to go up to Nottingham to Pacer to look at their routers and also to Terry Cooper to look at guillotines.
So, again, my thanks.
Simon 🙂
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If you do loads, a router would be no use..
We used to do a lot of mdf boxes, which were made up from about 10 components, at first we cut them on the Pacer (not a very good machine, don’t know if it has been improved 12 years on) the router is slow, plus you have to have someone there to watch the machine and “tape in” as when they cut often the cut parts move even with vacumn beds..What about a vertical saw?? or even get your supplier to cut them for you..
When you go to look at the router, make sure you take a sheet of material and get them to layout a full bed, and cut it, then look at how long it has taken and what the finished item is like, checking it fits into whatever you put them in or on, as often they look good but don’t fit…
Simon
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Hi Simon,
Thanks for the tips. Really useful… and I’ll bear them in mind when I go to Pacers.
Simon
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