Sorry to say, your #16 sheet-metal plus a couple 2x6's on either side with bolts is not heavy enough nor strong enough to consistently and repeatedly do the job on the scale required. 16guage is about as rigid as a wet noodle. I would go with 1/8", 3/16" or even 1/4inch sheet metal.
However, please, do NOT let my critique discourage you from building and using this demonstrator repeatedly until you can crowd-source the necessary repairs and upgrades.
Personally, I don't care if having their vertebra repeatedly used to sound the flimsiest gong possible makes a few billionaires last moments that much more painful and humiliating.
It is worth mentioning though, the French Revolution did not have access to semi-auto, reliable, firearms, while both bullets and guns are, today, both plentiful and cheap.
Firstly I know it might be slower to take more than one go to take a head off but it really builds anticipation for the crowd and especially for the next in line.
Secondly sometimes the traditional method has lasting effects that strike fear and education into the minds of the population and the elites. It would be better to educate the 1% in how many times the heads bounce in the town square when the basket is full than to have unbridled capitalism stealing from the workers.
I don't want them afraid of being caught-out in public. I want them afraid of being murdered in their beds, in their mcmansions, of having rattlesnakes dumped in the air vents of their bunkers. Catch them when they are trying to flee the country, absolutely, but frankly, most aren't worth the spectacle and resources of a guillotine, or transporting them to such.
I'm not interested in educating people whose mode of being should not exist. For those worth educating, the deterrent of a guillotine is a comical hassle versus a bullet to the head - there's good reason modern revolutions use the latter.
I'm no engineer nor experienced in revolutions, but I think the pricing is woefully low for the amount of high-quality materials and lumber needed to make this functional enough to be used enough times to finalize a regime change. I would estimate just from my own home projects that it would probably be closer to a thousand dollars or even more if you care about good parts, working hinges and tracks for the blade, etc.
#16 would be comical when it catches on a vertebra and bends. You don't want it too thick, though, as the mechanism relies on the weight, angle, and relative thinness of the blade to slice through. I'd recommend 1/8" with a concrete cap for weight. I'm torn between 304 and 5160, though.
I mean, if the edge is sharp enough, the thickness of the rest hardly matters. As for the need for repeated attempts as-specefied, I think God says it best:
304 Stainless steel? Your soup spoon is made from that. Great for corrosion resistant items that don't need much hardness. 3xx stainless is also considered easier to machine. Perhaps you meant something from the 440 series A through C? Those are hardenable.
5160 is a spring steel alloy and would be excellent. Except it's not very corrosion resistant.
If you lock them in and don't let them communicate and try and control the outside world or do anything but live on canned food then they would probably off themselves.
Let them do themselves in all by themselves with the rest of the world moving on without them.
Sure, the screws an nails and L-angles are going to add up. It's looking like $100-150 could do it though.
I'm betting that we would be able to source some of the ingredients from local houses and kitchens. Instead of the sheet metal, use a butcher's knife or (lol, the hilarity) one of those cutco knives, as long as it's the ceo of cutco.
And when buying the supplies think about that time Benny Shapster told you to support Home Depot while holding a single plank of wood in a plastic bag.
I am not sure what #16 is, I assume thickness, but not sure how much. Guillotines had a big hunk of metal that weighted a lot in order tocbe effective.
I am not sure what #16 is, I assume thickness, but not sure how much. Guillotines had a big hunk of metal that weighted a lot in order tocbe effective.
Alls I’m saying is, you get what you pay for. Frankly, the slide assembly should be tempered steel as well, to minimize deflection and wear. You’re not gonna maintain rigidity with galvanized L-brackets either, and the pulley system should have bushings. Slap a small motor on it and a palm button control, you got efficiency and ease of operation.
Sorry to say, your #16 sheet-metal plus a couple 2x6's on either side with bolts is not heavy enough nor strong enough to consistently and repeatedly do the job on the scale required. 16guage is about as rigid as a wet noodle. I would go with 1/8", 3/16" or even 1/4inch sheet metal.
However, please, do NOT let my critique discourage you from building and using this demonstrator repeatedly until you can crowd-source the necessary repairs and upgrades.
Personally, I don't care if having their vertebra repeatedly used to sound the flimsiest gong possible makes a few billionaires last moments that much more painful and humiliating.
It is worth mentioning though, the French Revolution did not have access to semi-auto, reliable, firearms, while both bullets and guns are, today, both plentiful and cheap.
I have two comments:
Firstly I know it might be slower to take more than one go to take a head off but it really builds anticipation for the crowd and especially for the next in line.
Secondly sometimes the traditional method has lasting effects that strike fear and education into the minds of the population and the elites. It would be better to educate the 1% in how many times the heads bounce in the town square when the basket is full than to have unbridled capitalism stealing from the workers.
I don't want them afraid of being caught-out in public. I want them afraid of being murdered in their beds, in their mcmansions, of having rattlesnakes dumped in the air vents of their bunkers. Catch them when they are trying to flee the country, absolutely, but frankly, most aren't worth the spectacle and resources of a guillotine, or transporting them to such.
I'm not interested in educating people whose mode of being should not exist. For those worth educating, the deterrent of a guillotine is a comical hassle versus a bullet to the head - there's good reason modern revolutions use the latter.
I'm no engineer nor experienced in revolutions, but I think the pricing is woefully low for the amount of high-quality materials and lumber needed to make this functional enough to be used enough times to finalize a regime change. I would estimate just from my own home projects that it would probably be closer to a thousand dollars or even more if you care about good parts, working hinges and tracks for the blade, etc.
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#16 would be comical when it catches on a vertebra and bends. You don't want it too thick, though, as the mechanism relies on the weight, angle, and relative thinness of the blade to slice through. I'd recommend 1/8" with a concrete cap for weight. I'm torn between 304 and 5160, though.
I mean, if the edge is sharp enough, the thickness of the rest hardly matters. As for the need for repeated attempts as-specefied, I think God says it best:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rnx6n1lj4hU&t=252s
304 Stainless steel? Your soup spoon is made from that. Great for corrosion resistant items that don't need much hardness. 3xx stainless is also considered easier to machine. Perhaps you meant something from the 440 series A through C? Those are hardenable.
5160 is a spring steel alloy and would be excellent. Except it's not very corrosion resistant.