My old guillotine cutter finally gave out on a Tuesday

I've been using the same guillotine paper cutter since I started binding in 2008. It was a heavy cast iron model my dad picked up at an estate sale for $40. Last week it just stopped cutting clean on a stack of 50 sheets for a client job. The blade edge had a visible chip and it tore the top two pages instead of slicing through. I ended up hand-trimming the rest with a straight edge and X-Acto knife, which took me about 45 minutes longer. Has anyone else had luck replacing blades on an old cutter or is it time to just get a new one?

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victorhill2d agoProlific Poster

Forty bucks for a cast iron cutter that lasted this long is a steal. Guess you got your money's worth. Might be time to hunt down another estate sale bargain.

the_simon2d ago

Man that really stings when a trusty tool finally gives out.