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Sure, the screws an nails and L-angles are going to add up. It's looking like $100-150 could do it though.
I'm betting that we would be able to source some of the ingredients from local houses and kitchens. Instead of the sheet metal, use a butcher's knife or (lol, the hilarity) one of those cutco knives, as long as it's the ceo of cutco.
Maybe in material alone but the labor costs in cutting, sharpening and honing that steel sheet stock into the blade is gonna run at least another couple hundred in labor at a first guess. I also seriously doubt 16g steel is going to have the heft needed for an effective blade of that type.
Name of the game is efficiency and if you’re having to do multiple runs or add extra weight to the blade mechanism it just slows things down.
There's a lot missing too, like tracks for the blade, quality lag-bolts to hold together high-strain points, other moving parts, and I don't think the lumber is even really quoted at all. You would absolutely want pressure-treated if you plan on changing an entire governmental regime.
To say nothing of the specialized tools you need to cut and assemble the components. I would wager a proper model would cost closer to a thousand, maybe more.
Is it though? Like, do we want them to just come through like an assembly line and be in and out quick? Or would we rather do the job like that hero John C Woods and send a message with it?
I see your point, but yes. The French method was created specifically as a means of efficiently and reliably getting the job done without having to rely on the skill of an executioner.
If a vengeful display is what you’re after there are better methods suited to that goal.