Yup! You got it, Haley! They produce these for the two major Italian smalti manufacturers, Orsoni (in Venice) and Dona (in Murano, a relative of Roberto). Sciavon, who uses almost exclusively thick canes they create in the furnace also uses this handy industrial quality chopper. This gadget is quite the heavy sucker
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Here's a link to see the Dona website:
http://www.mosaicidonamurano.com/en/...kshop_shop.php watch the slide show in the middle... that's the "workshop" and shows how the wheel is used to punch down the top guilletine blade.
My version is much smaller and needs a rubber mallet to pound the knob on top to plunk down the top part of the gillietine. I love it!!
Ciao!
Ofilia
