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    Cheap Guillotine shutter?

    Just saw this thing.

    http://www.harborfreight.com/4-inch-...rol-97497.html

    Cheap enough to graft some of them together for length and then put a sliding guillotine inside.

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    Re: Cheap Guillotine shutter?

    Great find. I'm buying a couple.

    Thanks!

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    Re: Cheap Guillotine shutter?

    Let us know if anything comes of it.

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    Re: Cheap Guillotine shutter?

    I also may use them for my exhaust air system.

    I see I have a store 4 miles away, so I will visit rather than mail order.

    Quote Originally Posted by Jim Galli View Post
    Let us know if anything comes of it.

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    Re: Cheap Guillotine shutter?

    I'd be poor or spoiled if I had a harbor freight 4 miles away! 4 miles just gets me to the nearest convenience store here.

    I bet you could chop the bottom 1/4" off something like that and make some dark slide slots to drop through that.

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    Re: Cheap Guillotine shutter?

    4 miles of inner city Chicago. At midnight it's quick, but at business hours it will be 45 minutes each way.

    Some say you can get anywhere in Chicago in 20 minutes.


    If you drive fast enough.

    We also just got speedcams and I need to slow down...
    Quote Originally Posted by jp498 View Post
    I'd be poor or spoiled if I had a harbor freight 4 miles away! 4 miles just gets me to the nearest convenience store here.

    I bet you could chop the bottom 1/4" off something like that and make some dark slide slots to drop through that.

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    Re: Cheap Guillotine shutter?

    Eat your hearts out! I have one within a mile of my home. It takes five minutes if I hit the two red lights along the way. It's harder to find a parking spot than it is to drive.


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    Re: Cheap Guillotine shutter?

    What kind of shutter speed tester would be best to time that???

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    Re: Cheap Guillotine shutter?

    Quote Originally Posted by BrianShaw View Post
    What kind of shutter speed tester would be best to time that???
    stopwatch

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    Re: Cheap Guillotine shutter?

    Quote Originally Posted by BrianShaw View Post
    What kind of shutter speed tester would be best to time that???
    Grandfather clock.

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