This portable hand machine for the rapid and accurate splitting of interlocking concrete blocks, tiles or bricks into nonstandard sizes, the E.B.W.B.S. 125, has been developed by a British company. It is quicker and less wasteful than a bolster and hammer, cheaper than a power saw and virtually maintenance-free. The block or brick is clamped between two knives and split cleanly by exerting pressure on the handle of the built-in unit which produces a force of about ten tonnes. The knives have a cutting edge of 315mm, which allows materials of a depth up to 115mm to be cut. They are traingular in section so that as an edge blunts it can be turned to present a new cutting edge, allowing some 8000 cuts for each set of knives. The splitter can be used effectively by an unskilled operator and is small enough to fit into the boot of a car.

Press, 9 December 1976, Page 25

This portable hand machine for the rapid and accurate splitting of interlocking concrete blocks, tiles or bricks into nonstandard sizes, the E.B.W.B.S. 125, has been developed by a British company. It is quicker and less wasteful than a bolster and hammer, cheaper than a power saw and virtually maintenance-free. The block or brick is clamped between two knives and split cleanly by exerting pressure on the handle of the built-in unit which produces a force of about ten tonnes. The knives have a cutting edge of 315mm, which allows materials of a depth up to 115mm to be cut. They are traingular in section so that as an edge blunts it can be turned to present a new cutting edge, allowing some 8000 cuts for each set of knives. The splitter can be used effectively by an unskilled operator and is small enough to fit into the boot of a car.