Rotary shear?

RalphS · Post by **RalphS** » Fri Aug 03, 2001 2:16 am

Anyone out there with any good experiences with rotary shears for cutting sheet metal?

Kyle Wiegers · Post by **Kyle Wiegers** » Fri Aug 03, 2001 8:10 pm

To be honest with you, I don't even know what a rotary shear is. All of the shears I have used are powershears that bassically resemble long, flat guilotines.

Is this rotarty shear some sort of disc and table arangement where you feed metal into it?

Kyle

Krag · Post by **Krag** » Fri Aug 03, 2001 9:02 pm

No good piece of filthy, good for nothing, hunk of worthless, metal chewing shit of a boat anchor.

I think that about sums up my experience with one that would supposedly cut 14 ga stainless.

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Alcyoneus · Post by **Alcyoneus** » Fri Aug 03, 2001 11:05 pm

I got one from Enco years ago, supposedly competition for a Beverly. Couldn't get it to feed 0.100 aluminum for a shield very well, and 18g SS (304?) broke teeth off. It did not come with instructions for adjustments or anything else. When I bought it, it cost about as much as a Beverly, later they dropped $200 off the price in the catalog, perhaps more.

Made in China=piece of shit.

If it was made in USA/Europe I would consider it. As it is, it has been collecting dust and rust for years.

Krag · Post by **Krag** » Fri Aug 03, 2001 11:37 pm

Yep, that's the one. I cut 18 ga mild with it, but not very good. 18 ga stainless (316) tore the teeth off. I sent the first one back and got another at their expense, but it met with the same fate. I still have it. I'm thinking of some sort of modern art-deco sculpture....weld some of my scrap to it!? Maybe I could sell it then!

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RalphS · Post by **RalphS** » Sat Aug 04, 2001 5:55 am

One of the bigger hardware stores here in Sweden will carry one a few weeks from now, they have it announced in their new catalog. It's supposed to cut 2 mm steel. I think I'll bring some scrap pieces to the shop and try it out before I decide anything...

Thanks for the reviews/warnings!

BTW, would it be possible to make a good one yourself? I have the smithy, grinders and some of the knowledge to come quite a way.

Alcyoneus · Post by **Alcyoneus** » Sat Aug 04, 2001 7:46 am

They would probably be more work than buying one, if you tried to make it. It has a lot of parts that have to be just so. A friend that learned to make armor in England while in the USAF used one there that was used in WWII for making munitions. He liked that one.

The Beverly Shear really is the gold standard among shears. I should have one of the Bosch electric shears (rated for 10ga) any day now, and will see how it compares.

A friend of mine used to say "You get what you pay for, or you pay for what you get." This is very true for tools, and while I have bought tools from China, I avoid them as much as possible.

toweyb · Post by **toweyb** » Sat Aug 04, 2001 11:43 am

I may be the only person here who doesn't hate the things. If I had a lot of copper or aluminum flashing to cut, I'd think it was the best thing ever. Twenty bucks for a nice clean cut? On thin stock it doesn't even chew up the other side noticeably.

OK, I broke one on 18 ga. stainless, and another on road-sign aluminum (obtained legally, of course). But I like 'em for light-duty work.