Parts of the Folding Machine

The folding machine has four parts you need to know about:

  • Paper input tray: where you put the paper to be folded.
  • Top adjustment bar: a bar held in place by thumbscrews (screws you can turn by hand). Its sides are marked with letters. Setting the bar to a different letter changes where the paper gets folded.
  • Bottom adjustment bar: works like the top bar, but it can also be lifted out completely and turned around. When a setting says REVERSE SECOND FOLD TABLE (shown as - in the settings table), turn the bottom bar around so its short side faces in, toward the machine.
  • Paper output tray: where the folded paper comes out. A sticker on this tray lists the settings for all the common paper sizes and folds.

The whole folding machine

The paper output tray, with the settings sticker

The top adjustment bar

The bottom adjustment bar

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