An electrically-powered nail cutting apparatus comprising a housing, an open slot, a vertical translating nail-cutting blade plate, a motor comprising a rotating shaft and an eccentric cam post: a) said housing having a front face (102,1002) and a rear face, two sides, a top and a bottom (304,404); b) the front face of the housing having said open slot (108,322,422) at least 0.5mm in height and between 0.7cm and 3cm in width, the slot having a front-facing opening and a rear-facing opening; c) within the housing and proximal to the rear-facing opening is said vertically translating nail-cutting blade plate (200,1000,1100) associated with said electric motor (602,702,900) that is configured to translate the nail-cutting blade plate consecutively down and up; and d) the blade plate (210, 1000, 1100) comprising a solid material having an opening therein, wherein the top of the opening comprises a cutting blade (212, 1012, 1110) with a cutting edge within the opening such that the cutting edge is adjacent the rear-facing opening e) wherein the cam has a post engaging a slot in the blade plate relatively below the opening to the blade, so that the blade plate is pulled down and pushed up by the rotating movement of the post extending from the cam, driven by the motor; f) the cutting blade plate 200 has a structural frame 202, a blade providing opening 210, a cam attending opening 204 to assist in movement of the blade unit 200, a bottom surface 205 of the blade unit 200, and a blade 212 which is moved repeatedly up and down to slice nails inserted into the electrically-powered nail cutting apparatus, wherein said rotating shaft with said eccentrically positioned cam post has the post positioned within the cam attending opening 204 and as the cam post is eccentrically driven, it forces the cutting blade plate 200 up and down to drive the blade 212; and g) as the cam post 904 is rotated up, the blade unit 200 is elevated to a highest position and as the cam post 904 rotates down, it presses against the lowest interior edge of the cam attending opening 204 to force movement of the cutting blade plate 200 in a downward path, wherein the downward force will press the blade 212 against and through any nail extending into the device. a) said housing having a front face (102,1002) and a rear face, two sides, a top and a bottom (304,404); b) the front face of the housing having said open slot (108,322,422) at least 0.5mm in height and between 0.7cm and 3cm in width, the slot having a front-facing opening and a rear-facing opening; c) within the housing and proximal to the rear-facing opening is said vertically translating nail-cutting blade plate (200,1000,1100) associated with said electric motor (602,702,900) that is configured to translate the nail-cutting blade plate consecutively down and up; and d) the blade plate (210, 1000, 1100) comprising a solid material having an opening therein, wherein the top of the opening comprises a cutting blade (212, 1012, 1110) with a cutting edge within the opening such that the cutting edge is adjacent the rear-facing opening e) wherein the cam has a post engaging a slot in the blade plate relatively below the opening to the blade, so that the blade plate is pulled down and pushed up by the rotating movement of the post extending from the cam, driven by the motor; f) the cutting blade plate 200 has a structural frame 202, a blade providing opening 210, a cam attending opening 204 to assist in movement of the blade unit 200, a bottom surface 205 of the blade unit 200, and a blade 212 which is moved repeatedly up and down to slice nails inserted into the electrically-powered nail cutting apparatus, wherein said rotating shaft with said eccentrically positioned cam post has the post positioned within the cam attending opening 204 and as the cam post is eccentrically driven, it forces the cutting blade plate 200 up and down to drive the blade 212; and g) as the cam post 904 is rotated up, the blade unit 200 is elevated to a highest position and as the cam post 904 rotates down, it presses against the lowest interior edge of the cam attending opening 204 to force movement of the cutting blade plate 200 in a downward path, wherein the downward force will press the blade 212 against and through any nail extending into the device.