Fletcher 7554 cutting machine,any info?

[johnnymachin]

I've just picked up a Fletcher 7554 heavy duty plastic/glass cutter for a song. I think it's pretty old.
Does anyone have any info on these machines(or a manual would be even better). I'm new to this kind of cutter.
I'm presuming that parts for this are no longer available. Does it also work as a board cutter?
Any info much appreciated. Cheers,Johnny.

[Not your average framer]

If I'm correct there were two fletcher wall mounted cutters before they made the 3100. These earlier machines never had any cutting wheels for MDF. There were three interchangable tool posts: One for cutting glass, one for cutting plastic glazing and one for cutting mountboard. I had one for a while and I bought an extra mountcutting tool post from Lion.

The mountboard cutting blades are quite expensive, so until a blade was no longer sharp enough, I used it to cut mountboard and after that I used it to cut MDF. Usually three passes was needed to cut 2mm MDF. Unfortunately the MDF got through the blades faster than blades became too blunt to cut mountboard.

I would not even think about cutting MDF with one of these, but instead I would use something easier to cut, such as CorriCor, or something else which is equally easy to cut. At the time Lion had a some spares and the blades for these machines.