Very nice machine. I especially like the way you made sure the wedge would stop short of the platen by about 2 inches. The E stop button is excellent. Good safety feature. With enough force you can use more wedge angle and still obtain sufficient cleveage force. The other thing I like is it is instantly reversible so if you start to cut your fingers off, you may be able to reverse it to leave them attached to your hand by the skin and not have to pick them up off the ground! Grim thought, but I know a guy that that happened to. They call him Lefty now. But anyway, that is a very nice build.