Abstract: A machine to automatically cut-off one end of a cylindrical hollow glassware article, comprising: a support structure including a shaft; an intermittent rotary driving mechanism mounted on the shaft, providing a plurality of positions corresponding to article charging, cut-off, fire finishing and discharge positions; a lower intermittent rotary table mounted on said shaft and rotary coupled to the intermittent rotary driving mechanism, including a plurality of burners equally distributed on its periphery, to cut-off a leftover piece at a lower end of the article and fire finishing the cut-off end thereof within a cut-off cycle; an upper intermittent rotary table coupled to said lower table, comprising a plurality of chuck supporting and actuating mechanisms, equally mounted thereon, each including a chuck having fingers to grip an upper end of the article at a charging position, bring down the gripped article at a cut-off position placing its leftover piece in a burner to be cut-off and fire finished and lift