What is the blade thickness of a typical guillotine?

cotdt

cotdt

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Anyone know what is the spine thickness of a typical guillotine? What steel is preferred? What is the bevel angle?
 
LOL...typical guillotine?? Hold on a sec let me go to the living room and measure mine for ya. Might have to wipe the blood off it first. Ha ha, is there such a thing as a "typical guillotine"? I mean, do you think people have them sitting in the garage next to the Bowflex or something? Rofl.
 
cotdt said:
I want to build a 1/16" replica guillotine sharpened to a razor sharp edge, to slice carrots and tomatoes.
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A kitchen knife and your hands would work faster and better......
 
Roger999 said:
A kitchen knife and your hands would work faster and better......
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No no that's not the idea. I want to test what kinds of edges cut better at what momentum, based on the laws of physics. I already have kitchen knives, that's not the point! I want to construct a high performance guillotine.
 
I thought guillotines were one-offs, each to a slightly different design.

It isn't like there was ever a big market for them.
 
The title made me crack up, I had to read this thread. Even though Jean-Luc Picard does not aprove, I think a mini replica guillotine would be awesomely hilarious:D:D:D

"Typical guillotine" was the funniest part, LOL (like johnyt16 said)

You will have to experiment if you are serious. For 1) you are not cutting miniature humans, and for 2) the scale might loose a lot of function as it shrinks. -I am thinking the blade should be thicker than scale, or the drop should be higher.

And for god sakes, please take pictures and post them when you are done:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::p.
 
My guess:
I would say a common angle 15-20 to retain edge while being sharp. The blade should be thin since it's different from an axe which smashes your spine off. So quarter inch.

This guy is running a museum, he needs to be historically accurate.
 
Lets see...the verticals were somewhere between 8.092738408 cubits and 10.279965004 cubits. Sorry, can't help you with the blade dimensions or angle. But I do know they didn't use S30V. The edges kept chipping. The heat treat wasn't that good during the Reign of Terror.
 
Guillotines cut by force of weight, not sophisticated edge geometry.

Remember, with enough brute force, you can forego finesse.
 
"Hey Honey, your dinner's ready..."

"Hang on a sec love, I am just putting the finishing touches to the guillotine."

LMAO.

This is going to be one funny thread.
 
babakanoosh45 said:
Take a look at this...:eek:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YQfsi0o9-g





Okay, get busy and see ya in a month...:D
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Nice! I'm going to build a larger version of that, and no wooden blade. I laughed when I saw that. No, my blade will be made out of CPM M4, maybe I'll try 3/32" thickness and harden it to hrc 62.

SPXTrader said:
But I do know they didn't use S30V. The edges kept chipping. The heat treat wasn't that good during the Reign of Terror.
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Right, using stainless steel would not be historically accurate.
 
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