I am building a guillotine based off the one by Nick Wheeler at bladeforums.com I want to know what steel I should use. I know i should use different steel for the frame and dies, but what should use? I am building this as a school project and the teacher will be purchasing steel to use I just need to tell him what steel to use. Also I am planing on adding a removable depth gauge like the one in the picture bellow.
The general dimensions I got from the pictures are 1 inch plate 10 inch tall 6 inch mouth 6 inch across 5 inch bottom die 10 inch top die
dies 4 inches across