I am brand new to the forum, so thank you for admitting me.
I am a painter who has long had the desire to frame my own paintings as it is such a critical part of the creative process.
I recently bought some very old (but seemingly working) equipment from a deceased estate, namely an Orteguil 78-OR-Pedal guillotine and a Euro 8008 Underpinner. I am cleaning them both up, but given that I am really clearly in the hobbyist bracket, am not expecting to make these machines work too hard in their twilight years. I also understand that with old equipment and limited opportunity to put what I do learn into practice every day I am not likely to get very good at this amazing trade. I am however really excited to learn what I can.
I have managed to get to grips with the guillotine for the most part after having the blades professionally sharpened (although my cuts could be cleaner), and the underpinner works fine with the wedges already in there, but loading the wedges into the underpinner has me stumped. I feel like an idiot because surely this should be fairly obvious, but I can not seem to work it out! (and of course user manuals for this model are seemingly impossible to find.)
I realise this is a long shot given that the equipment must be many decades old, but can anybody offer me any advice on where, and how I load this machine?
Many thanks for whatever help anyone can offer.
Kindest Regards
Carl
