HFS (R) Heavy Duty Guillotine Paper Cutter 400 Sheet Capacity | Solid Steel Construction (A4-12'' Paper Cutter)

There are cheaper guillotines out there, but if you need to make accurate cuts on text blocks without slowly using a craft knife and a steel ruler then this is the one to buy. It works straight out of the box. There are some easy to follow YouTube videos made by HFS that show how to make adjustments, change the blade etc. I haven’t tried to cut through hundreds of sheets, but a text block about 1/2 inch thick is no problem at all. The blade eventually cuts into a square plastic bar that is sacrificial, and this will probably result in a loss of cleanliness of your cuts, but the bar can be rotated and turned end for end to give 8 surfaces for the blade to work on. Fresh sacrificial bars and blades are available. Be warned though, this is heavy and ideally once it’s in your workshop you’ll probably want to leave it in place! An excellent piece of kit.

Heavy Duty and super sharp, easy to use, line up the paper, clamp it down, chop. Fine for the office

The guillotine cuts through approx 3cm. It requires some effort but has now done about 30 books of this size without loss of sharpness. Two minor issues I've had to work around: 1. Books tend to warp a little whilst being cut, so I tend to break them into 2 thinner sections to reduce the effect 2. The last few pages don't cut cleanly, hence the scissors in the attached photo. I've tried putting scrap paper underneath the books, but that makes so much mess! Overall, very pleased.

I bought this for my bookbinding hobby and if you have ever tried trimming a text block with a knife you will understand why. Bookbinding is a very low-cost craft but in my view this piece of kit is essential and it is the only pricey tool you need to get. It works beautifully and is so satisfying to use. My only caveat is that when you first use it you must cut some waste paper initially to remove the oil used for transit. I didn't do that and so ruined a lovely text block. However, that was a one-off. It's a magnificent machine. By the way there are useful YouTube videos on how to adjust and maintain the blade.

Great Guillotine for the money, extremely sharp blade, I do a bit of bookbinding, this is just the job for triming down book block to finished size. Did have to make a small adjustment to the clamp, as it was not clamping evenly along the lenght of the cut, which meant it could make the paper, but after watching a YouTube video, I adjusted it, now it's spot on. Great guillotine for the money and is a lot better than expected, love it

Bought in July - it arrived broken (the gate would not tighten as the bottom part seems to be missing, so it was hard to measure but it wasn't that much of an issue). It doesn't cut through every sheet, but using some scrap paper underneath helped this issue a little but again, made it hard to measure correctly. Was willing to put up with its quirks, but after a few months light use, the safety lock decided to stop working and the page guard won't clamp down properly so it feels very dangerous to use. The 'heavy duty' description is inaccurate.

I love this machine so much that I named her Harriet. I print notebooks and I just love how much paper it can cut at a time and how accurate the measurements are. A true workhorse.

I am updating my feedback based on using the guillotine for several cuts and having contact with the company. The instructions provided upon delivery are totally inadequate so I requested further help. I did receive more info but this mainly related to what to do if something goes wrong. As there were no instructions on its use I unscrewed the fence plate too far and the nut plate under the fence knob on the repeat cut fence dropped on first use and was almost impossible to fix back in place. There’s no guidance on where to get blades. The fixing guide is not sturdy (but have been advised that it’s a guide, it does not hold the paper in place) and you can’t tell where the blade will cut as there’s no guide on the plate strip. There is an oily residue left on the top sheet when cutting. And there is no guide for A5. I would expect a lot more info for a commercial piece of equipment, although there are several YouTube instructional and positive review videos. My main concern relates to replacing items such as the add or cutting strip as there is very little info on the USA website.

Todo bien aún que llegó más corto.. lo bueno que tengo otra de la medida y la ocupé.

Die Ware ist von hoher Qualität

Pour le moment j'ai utilisé cette machine pour raccourcir en hauteur des livres pour qu'ils passent mieux sur certaines étagères. Je l'utiliserai ensuite pour changer la reliure de certains livres de partitions de musique, pour des reliures en ressorts, plus pratique pour tourner et maintenir les pages. Mes premières expériences sont positives. La coupe d'une centaine de feuilles ne fait pas de problème. Cette machine est solide, le maintien du livre pour qu'il ne bouge pas pendant la coupe est fiable. En négatif je dirai qu'il manque une documentation en français. Je n'ose dévisser le stopruler par peur d'avoir beaucoup de mal à le remettre. Pourtant j'ai besoin de le faire. J'aurais eu besoin d'une explication en français.

Dopo varie ricerche ho preferito scegliere questo prodotto per esigenze professionali. Consegnato in tempi rapidi; ben imballato. Nessun graffio o ammaccatura. Superficie lucida. Prodotto solido e resistente, con appositi sostegni antiscivolo. Da evidenziare che la posizione della maniglia può trarre in inganno, in quanto, al momento dell'imballaggio, viene montata al contrario solo per una maggiore protezione del prodotto stesso. Semplicemente deve essere staccata e rimontata usando l'apposita chiave a brugola fornita dal produttore. Taglio della carta netto e preciso, senza nessun tipo di sbavatura o piegatura. Questo rende la creazione di quaderni o blocchi per appunti molto professionali, dall'aspetto estremamente gradevole. Di facile utilizzo, anche se avrei preferito le istruzioni in italiano. Dopo alcuni mesi di prova posso sostenere di aver fatto un'ottima scelta.

It’s heavy duty indeed! I’m new to bookbinding, and this is exactly what I need for my projects. The size, ease of use, and built-in measurements are really helpful. I’ve had it for about two months now, and the blade still seems nice and sharp.