Beyond it being almost a week late, the cutter is cutting on an angle (not square in x or z axises), which makes me think that it was either bent in shipping or poorly calibrated at the manufacturer. I have no option but to fix it myself at this point because I can't wait 2 more weeks to get another one. Other than the non- 90 degree cutting issue, it seems to be a good design

Sucker cuts VERY well but only bulk items! Use a smaller cutter for small stacks. Also, blade chips easily so be careful what you're cutting. This thing is huge and HEAVY! I wish I had this sooner to cut off the binding from my textbooks.

This was a gift that was purchased for a family member that hand makes books. She was having to take her projects down to the local prison to have them trimmed. If they messed up, then an entire project was ruined and she'd have to start over. The family all went in together to buy her this so she could do her own. She loves it. It's convenient...saving her so much time. I haven't heard one complaint about it.

Where have you been all my life? My only regret is that I didn't buy this guillotine years ago. Excelkent value, excellent quality, easy to use, excellent results. We host a large raffle and each year it takes us hours to accurately cut thousands of tickets using a standard paper cutter. This year we used our new guillotine and the job was done in less than 10 minutes! I was pleasantly pleasantly surprised at how easy this was to use and even more impressed by the precision of the cut. Highly recommend!!!

Right off the bat, it was great. But I have a few issues that I can't get over. Strangely, I really need a good manual, or the company website, or even a company that I can find. No instructions on how to properly adjust it. The clamp is out of adjustment after a few dozen cuts. The safety mechanism is now broken, the plate wobbles too much and the pin bent, with the long arm, you get lots of torque and don't realize it. Taking it apart isn't exactly the safest thing to do, but if you have to adjust the clamp, the units weight (40+ pounds) will get to you. So without a safety catch (the pin isn't replaceable) it still works great. The cutter is very tight, so it won't lower without you trying. Without instructions, I haven't figured out how to replace the plastic piece the cutter lands on, I think they call it a file (don't know why). Back to the available torque due to the long arm, it easily cuts through any stack of paper I've fed it. Seems the bigger the stack, the better it cuts, and cleanly. The only thing to knock is the lack of a good manual and a better safety, I didn't realize it was messed up till it was too late.