This Post is Full of Holes
Last year I purchased a Rosback perforator from eBay. In simplest terms, a perforator is just a row of pins that can be pushed down as a single unit into a piece of paper. Of course, there’s much more to this machine than that. Weighing over 300 pounds, it took three people to unload it into my garage. Although my perforator was relatively rust free, many of the pins had been bent and broken (I still cannot figure out how). The working parts of the perforator consist of a bar to push down the pins and three parts with holes in them for the pins: a punch holder, a stripper, and a die. After removing the punch holder, I removed all the pins. I then used bio degreaser on all the metal parts. Then each individual pin was rubbed with lubricant and test fit into the punch holder, stripper, and die. I thought about counting the holes, but I figure at some point I’ll gather more information (as in the size of the pins, etc.). I need to replace the spring and the 2×4 being used as a pedal, but for now it works pretty nicely. I could refinish the tabletop, but I think the dents and dings give it character.
More photos after the jump.
