Abstract: An apparatus for dividing a bundle of sheet material into a number of smaller bundles of sheet material of a predetermined thickness includes a platform having a front and a back on which the bundle of sheet material to be divided is placed on one of its edges, a back wall adjacent the back of the platform against which the bundle of sheet material is placed, a recess in the platform, a sliding member moveable from the front to the back of the recess along an axis and pivotable from side to side about the axis and having a portion which extends above the platform, and a finger protruding rearwardly from the sliding member offset from the axis and having a length equal to the predetermined thickness of the smaller bundles of sheet material.