diff --git a/code/game/objects/structures/guillotine.dm b/code/game/objects/structures/guillotine.dm
index 3c4875978a2..793e9e514b4 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/structures/guillotine.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/structures/guillotine.dm
@@ -194,6 +194,28 @@
 			return TRUE
 		else
 			current_action = 0
+	if(iswelder(W))
+		var/obj/item/weldingtool/WT = W
+		if(!WT.remove_fuel(0, user))
+			return
+		to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>You begin cutting \the [src] apart...</span>")
+		playsound(loc, WT.usesound, 40, 1)
+		if(do_after(user, 150 * WT.toolspeed, 1, target = src))
+			if(!WT.isOn())
+				return
+			playsound(loc, WT.usesound, 50, 1)
+			visible_message("<span class='notice'>[user] slices apart \the [src].</span>",
+							"<span class='notice'>You cut \the [src] apart with \the [WT].</span>",
+							"<span class='italics'>You hear welding.</span>")
+			var/turf/T = get_turf(src)
+			if (blade_sharpness == GUILLOTINE_BLADE_MAX_SHARP)
+				new /obj/item/stack/sheet/plasteel(T, 3)
+			else
+				new /obj/item/stack/sheet/plasteel(T, 2) //prevents reconstructing to sharpen the guillotine without additional plasteel
+			new /obj/item/stack/sheet/wood(T, 20)
+			new /obj/item/stack/cable_coil(T, 10)
+			qdel(src)
+		return
 	else
 		return ..()