The best method I have found to cut of the spines of magazines, catalogs, or old books is to use a table saw with a table saw sled.
A table saw sled makes cutting the spines off quick, easy, and safe to do.
Building your own sled is a simple task. There are numerous designs that are all basically the same concept. Many youtube videos exist on the topic. Here is one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69t6MFCUobw--- In
papercreters@yahoogroups.com, JUDITH WILLIAMS <williams_judith@...> wrote:
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> The glossy magazines do not work as well but it's OK to add a few to a mix made with newspaper or cardboard. You have to tear them apart. The spine does not mulch so either don't put it in or fish it out of the slurry. I don't have an answer on the blades but from my experience it's not the sharpness of the blade that matters. It just sort of tears the paper up. You want to keep the cellulose fibers as long as possible. But in my opinion there is a lot of room for deviation and experimentation with papercrete.
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