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Sheet Metal Shear

Pat Whatley

Pat Whatley

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Yep....we had that exact one when we had our printshop. I sheared somewhere around a billion sheets of coro and aluminum with it. It will shear .080 just fine, you just have to add a little more persuasion. Built pretty solid.

If you're doing a lot of cutting look at a shear with stop blocks so you can set it up for the right size and just crank right through them without measuring every time.

We also had a Tennsmith. The build quality between the two was night and day. The Tennsmith was built like a tank. The Grizzly is well built but nowhere near the awesomeness of the Tennsmith.
 
wildside

wildside

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we recently got a Bailegh shear, it is a tank also, we can cut 1/4" solid core omega, no problem

definitely put price aside and look at construction first on these, the cheap ones are just that
 
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Shadowglen

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Well for less than half the price tag of the Bailegh and the endorsement from Pat I will pull the trigger on the Grizzly. If it is built anywhere close to what my brake was like it should hold up just fine.
 
Speedsterbeast

Speedsterbeast

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Whoa Whoa Whoa
Was planning on buying a fletcher FSC for cutting polymetal and coro this spring. Thinking this is the way to go. Thought these were much more money AND I can cut .080?
 
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FS-Keith

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Looks like the grizzy does have the back gauge like pat was talking about. Let me know how you like It I am looking for a small one too.
 
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ColoPrinthead

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We have a Pexto 52" that cuts 3mm Max Metal and .040 mostly. Considering the blade has not been sharpened in 5-7 years (it's on my to do list) it works great.

Speedster, get a shear if you can. This is my first time having one and it has been wonderful compared to a Fletcher or panel saw (we still need and want panel saw for wood and a Fletcher for Fome)

Edit: Having a back gauge is great!
 
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Shadowglen

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I had a 10% discount coupon so with shipping ($255.00) the whole bill was 1045.00 I will let you know how it is when it gets here. Good thing My daughter dates the center for our local college football team. I always trade out Pizza for him and some player friends to do my heavy work.. :thumb:
 
S'N'S

S'N'S

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IF I was going to buy another one, I would get one that cuts 8' sheets length ways. 4' is ok for small stuff but I cut a lot of sheets length ways so a 8 footer would be better than using the saw.
 
SightLine

SightLine

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S'N'S said:
IF I was going to buy another one, I would get one that cuts 8' sheets length ways. 4' is ok for small stuff but I cut a lot of sheets length ways so a 8 footer would be better than using the saw.
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I've never seen a stomp shear that wide. One could be made but you would need to weigh 500 pounds to be able to cut a piece that long. Any I have ever seen over about 50" are assisted in some way (generally hydraulic but I think I've seen air piston one as well).
 
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ColoPrinthead

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S'N'S said:
IF I was going to buy another one, I would get one that cuts 8' sheets length ways. 4' is ok for small stuff but I cut a lot of sheets length ways so a 8 footer would be better than using the saw.
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I'd love to have room for something like that, but we get by using a table saw and outsourcing routing. I would think at 8ft it would have to be pneumatic.
 
S'N'S

S'N'S

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Sightline, you don't need to weigh any more as your still cutting the same thickness. A friend of mine has one and when we cut something a little thicker we both step on the bar.
Cheers Gary
 
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Shadowglen

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Got her in on Thursday and took less than an hour to set up and make a few adjustments. Nice clean cuts. I tested it on .063 aluminum 1/8" omega bond and coroplast to see how clean it cut that also. initial response.. This thing works great, and for a tish over a grand well worth the money. The hardest part was 4 college foot ball players and myself getting the thing in the shop if you get one be prepared it tips the scale at a little over 1000 pounds and is one awkward piece to lift.

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Stanton

Stanton

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Pat Whatley said:
Yep....we had that exact one . . . look at a shear with stop blocks so you can set it up for the right size and just crank right through them without measuring every time.
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We had one also.

Sometimes we jumped on the foot peddle.

It will out last you.



(those arms in the photo are for stop blocks.)
 
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