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The shearing mechanism requires a blade, how often will it require replacing?

April 26, 2017blade mechanism replacing require requires shearing

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The shearing mechanism requires a blade, how often will it require replacing?

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The blade has to be sharpened about every 5,000 – 10,000 books although this can vary quite a bit depending on paper stock, thickness, cover stock and average book length. We would prefer that the blade is sharpened through us as it is fairly complicated to sharpen a carbide edge.