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[John Heisz] was contemplating the secrets of the universe when an errant thought led him to wonder, could I use a sheet of paper as the blade in my table saw? He takes a sheet of regular printer ...

Test your blade by cutting a piece of paper; it should cut the paper effortlessly. To keep your utility blade in top shape, use the steel frequently. You won't need to use the stone again until ...

The annexed engraving is a perspective view of a machine for cutting paper, pasteboard, c, for which a patent was granted on I the 19th of last July (1853) to H. J. Oerter, ? of Bethlehem ...