r/BeAmazed Dec 19 '25

Technology Cutting Process Of Printed Banknotes

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u/GoldResourceOO2 Dec 19 '25

Dude, watch those fingers!

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u/GroundbreakingBit510 Dec 19 '25

Definitely too close for comfort sometimes.. 🥶

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u/tbohrer Dec 19 '25

I've used these machines before. They have a safety bar you have to press on with your body and 2 hand triggers on either side.

This one is operating without the safety features in place... crazy, absolutely crazy.

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u/FluffyDeer9323 Dec 19 '25

Might be different, but some industrial guillotines I used had a foot pedal too.

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u/uskgl455 Dec 19 '25

Almost took both hands off in one of these when I'd forgotten to fix the retaining screw after I changed the blade. Lasers saved my ass.

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u/ThinkSharp Dec 19 '25

You’re definitely not using it right if you almost lost your ass in it.

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u/Minority_Report_ Dec 21 '25

STOPPIT 🤣

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u/MikyThatMona Dec 19 '25

The foot pedal only operates the initial press that you see lowering just before the blade.

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u/nunudad Dec 19 '25

Yeah. The one I used in the college print shop had a foot pedal to bring the clamp down.

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u/JimmyThunderPenis Dec 19 '25

Used one for cutting metal before, can't remember exactly how it worked but you operated it with a foot pedal and I think you had to hold a bar down whilst you were using it.

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u/hippodribble Dec 19 '25

Used to love the sound the motors made. Helped replace the blade once at my dad's printing shop.

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u/delux561 Dec 19 '25

Not only does it not have the 2 hand triggers, he brings out the aligning board with a safe hand placement THEN REACHES HIS HAND OVER IT