This is an excellent restoration video, but I must say that it pushed a few emotional buttons. My mother worked in a factory that made bath towels. Towels are woven in one long continuous roll that has to be cut into individual units. A cut mark is woven into the cloth, but because of variations in the weaving process, it was impossible (at that time) to automate the cutting task. From 1950 until 1986 my mother used a cutter like this to cut towels. There were a few differences between her cutter and yours. Towels were cut one at a time, so the design of the base plate was different. There was a simple toggle switch, so the blade kept spinning until you turned it off. The device was suspended from three long springs; at rest it was about 12 inches above the cutting table. My mother would reach under the spinning cutter, pull the next towel into position, pull down the cutter, cut the towel, do a visual inspection, fold the towel (she could fold a towel with one hand), and throw it into the right stack. She did this hundreds of times a day - for 36 years. One day her timing was off just a bit, and she cleanly sliced off the tip of her left index finger. She announced her retirement two weeks later. If you want a feel for what using one of these day after day was actually like, I suggest listening to James Taylor singing "Millworker."

Way back in late 1969 I worked for a short time in a men's clothing factory. in the cutting room. The EXPERIENCED cutters used machines like this. I was warned, more than once to be careful around these things, because they were kept razor sharp. The men would cut 6 inch deep layers of cloth to make men's suits. ($1000.00 each in 1969).

Not gonna lie, that's impressive af that it can cut through that monstrosity of a "pizza" with so little effort that it doesn't even disturb the bottomings.

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My mom used to work in a place where they made stuff with fabric. Over the years several co workers lost fingers and even half of a hand due to working with machines like this one. They where razor sharp and sliced through flesh and bone without a problem. Most bodyparts could be rescued due to the clean cut. My mother always says that she still can hear the screams. She also was one of the company "medics" don't know how it's called in English (Betrieblicher Ersthelfer).

I used this tool extensively at a handmade paper plant back in the 1970's. Their ability to sail through an inch thich stack of heavy cloth was truly impressive.

Always love to see a new variation of the Finger Remover 3000. Love your channel.

For those wondering 25 Hz power was a thing in the Niagara area for a long time. It was kept around for some factories for well after the conversion of the area to 60 Hz

Please never change. Your restoration videos are too good.

Can you imagine the 6 month training period in the Wolf assembly plant to learn how to put these things together? Yeah, and not enough screws. Great video.

That is a wonderful restoration of an amazing machine. I must admit I took a double take when first you cut through that fabric. The slicing of that abomination of a pizza (if you could even call it that) was just pure bliss. What a clean cut.

This is my first ever comment on KZfaq since ... ever and I'll use it to tell you that my eyes light up every time I see a new upload. You make the single most entertaining videos of the most thoughtful selections in restoration projects. Kudos and greetings from a German currently watching this on holiday in Japan, hoping to be half as cool one day 😂

If there was a Nobel prize for tool restoration, this guy would win every year!

20 years ago, I used a 6" version of this device to cut piles of upholstery into samples. The stacks were then trimmed to final size by a machine. Our job was to swing 80-100lb rolls from a palette to the table, roll out piles 80', then cut them into piles 8' x 36". These machines were already antiques back then.

I remember those cutters from my childhood. My father sold upholstery fabric, and the employees would use it to cut the enormous rolls of fabric down for orders. They plugged in overhead, and the fabric would be pulled off of the roll onto an enormous table that was very slippery to make it easier.

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Greetings from Cincinnati, Ohio, and apparently, the home of one Wolf Machine Company. That was a fun little rabbit hole to discover. Great work as always!! Much love and respect for your craft!!