Shear-O-Rama!

gryphon223 · Post by **gryphon223** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 11:14 am

There's a couple shear threads at the top of the page, and I thought I'd start another.

Got a new flyer from HF last night and the B2 knockoff is going for $79.99 in the ad. (The website on the other hand has both $75.99 and $89.99 displayed. Nice) Jumped on the website and saw this electric shear going for $45.99. Now while HF may say it's rated for 14g, it seems like 16g and up would be more realistic, which is fine considering I don't really plan on cutting 14g. Any input on which one I should buy?

Advantages/disadvantages for either one? Thanks!

Louis de Leon · Post by **Louis de Leon** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 1:31 pm

Everything you've ever wanted to know about cutting metal our own Sasha has detailed here:

http://www.armourarchive.org/essays/sas ... l_cutting/

Enjoy!

Tascius · Post by **Tascius** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 4:28 pm

I bought one of the electric shears. It cut about 1/2 inch into the 14 gauge metal I had and then the blade sheared off. This shear works great! Just not in the way you would like it to. :roll:

Probably fine for 16 gauge but I will never know as I have no intention of buying a second one.
As for the shear, I am told it can use beverly shear blades with minor tinkering.
Tascius

HammerHand · Post by **HammerHand** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 5:18 pm

I just bought a HF shear for $79.99 and I did some simple adjustments and it works great.