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minus-squaremefisdo_dot_info@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up10·7 days agoMore importantly they know how a guillotine looks and works.
minus-squarek0e3@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 days agoHow does the blade stay up if the string is all the way up there though? Do they have a locking mechanism to hold the blade in place? I always thought someone, or something, held the rope so the blade didn’t fall.
minus-squarehorsesaysweird@feddit.orglinkfedilinkDeutscharrow-up3·7 days agoI’d put multiple locking mechanisms in. You definitely don’t want a single point of failure with machines that are designed to dismember people.
minus-squarek0e3@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 days agoThat is a much more sensible approach to building guillotines than my idea of adding rocket boosters to speed up the blade.
More importantly they know how a guillotine looks and works.
How does the blade stay up if the string is all the way up there though? Do they have a locking mechanism to hold the blade in place? I always thought someone, or something, held the rope so the blade didn’t fall.
I’d put multiple locking mechanisms in. You definitely don’t want a single point of failure with machines that are designed to dismember people.
That is a much more sensible approach to building guillotines than my idea of adding rocket boosters to speed up the blade.