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Board shear

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in order to cut. The stationary blade forms the edge of the cutting table, with the moving blade mounted on a cutting arm. Originally known as a table gauge shear because its gauge allowed the cutting of consistently-sized materials, the board shear resembles a larger version of the paper cutters
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Many modifications of the basic design were made in the 19th century, with changes such as rack-and-pinion adjustment for the outer gauge and improved clamp bars.
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describes early board shears, and places their development in "about 1836"; credit for the invention is ascribed to Warren De La Rue in the
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The earliest known reference to a board shear comes from an 1842 supplement to
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is a large, hand-operated machine for cutting board or paper. Like
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bookbinding
scissors
shear stress
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Penny Magazine
Great Exhibition of 1851
Paper cutter
The British Library
ISBN
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"Board Shear"
Indiana University
"Bindery Equipment - Products"
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making art out of books
bookbinding
the design of mass-produced books
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expanding it
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