Illustration from American Specimen Book of Type Styles, American Typefounders Company, 1912

I rapidly found out that the paper you want to print on doesn't always come in the size you want...so I started looking for a reasonably-sized cutter.  (It is not unusual for a cutter to be the biggest, heaviest piece of equipment in a print shop.)

Through the letterpress group I got a lead on a "tabletop cutter," much like the one pictured above.  As the result of some favors (thanks Chris), I ended up with 200-300 lbs. of iron in the back of my minivan.  My Multigraph cutter now resides on the floor of the garage, where I can conveniently cut reams of paper while crawling on my hands and knees over a cement floor.  (I've got to get around to making a table for it.)

An item that I don't have -- but that is high on my wish list is a perforator.  I'm told that the best perforators are the free-standing Rosback models -- but I don't think I have the space for one.  What I would really like (a hint for anyone who thinks they owe me a birthday or Christmas present) is a hand perforator.  (No...I don't want to punch holes in my hand, although that is what I might end up doing with it.)

Illustration from American Specimen Book of Type Styles, American Typefounders Company, 1912

It looks like just what I need -- but I'm told they are hard to come by.

The final thing I have in my "bindery" is a saddle-stitcher (that's stapler to you and me).  In keeping with my predilection for all things archaic, I have an Acme Model 6 1/2.  A stapler that even the Acme people are having a hard time remembering.

Now, if I could just get it to work.