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JD:
Gents, went to an industrial museum at Amberly West Sussex a cracking day out. In the old printing press was this tool/thingy we were asked by staff if we could find out what it was used for, the Museum has had it on public display for some years, as to date still don't know what it`s purpose is.
Any body help.

mechman48:
Some sort of perforating machine to put leaves into some sort of early ring binder ...  :scratch: ??
George.

tom osselton:
Looks to me like some sort of folder maybe for bookbinding?

shipto:
Any other views?

BillTodd:
 intriguing :-)

the key maybe is why the seven vertical cutter/folderrs need to pop upright prior to the blade descending.

the gaps in the blade suggest that it punctures the sheet of whatever as it bottoms out.

the machine as a whole does not seem that strong nor that precise, so perhaps the use is culinary or light agricultural.

[edit] more observations.

there is no room behind the vertical blade area for a large sheet (e.g for folding a page of a book)

the arm that moves the top blade would not allow anything to be folded that is deeper than the blade.

raising the seven blades to vertical would also push the object to the right, perhaps for alignment.

the seven blades are removable, perhaps for cleaning.

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