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Leath′er-slit′ting ma-chine′.

A machine used principally by harness-makers and saddlers, for cutting leather into straps; the knives are adjustable in distance from each other, to fit them to form straps of different widths. In the example, a series of knives is placed between guides separated by plates and clamped by a set-screw. A segmental, leather-covered frame is hung so as to be brought down over the cutters or thrown up therefrom. The leather, after reduction to the proper thickness, is placed on the cutters and the block brought down thereon. The leather is then drawn through between the gang of cutters and the segmental plate above, which form a surface against which the knives cut.

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