Shadowglen
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yes I just did not have the front stop installed in that picture. here is the front stop's note the little one on the far front rail.
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Sheet Metal Shear
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yes I just did not have the front stop installed in that picture. here is the front stop's note the little one on the far front rail.
Stanton
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Biker Scout
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Bolt a weight plate to the foot pedal. Makes things easier.
Also, for those of you who want to cut lengthwise, a lot of old schooler sheet metal and HVAC guys use this thing that glides along the table edge, almost exactly like a rotary trimmer. There's a shop in my town where they use one of these. It doesn't take up any additional room. He told me that no one really makes them anymore, but he's had his for over 40 years. If you can find one, buy it!
Also, for those of you who want to cut lengthwise, a lot of old schooler sheet metal and HVAC guys use this thing that glides along the table edge, almost exactly like a rotary trimmer. There's a shop in my town where they use one of these. It doesn't take up any additional room. He told me that no one really makes them anymore, but he's had his for over 40 years. If you can find one, buy it!
Speedsterbeast
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Can you cut some 3mm ACM (Dibond) and show us a shot of the cut edge?
Shadowglen
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OK sorry for delay we got socked in with snow Sunday and today was the first chance I had to try it out.
the 3mm omega bond is like a hot knife through butter. I just did a small scrap piece of it but you can see the cut is as smooth as factory.
I cut a 36x48 .080 aluminum I cut the whole 48" width I weigh 210 it took both legs on the stomp arm and a little hop to cut through the .080, but the cut was clean and smooth not sharp at all. no need to deburr it. I did feel the shear ever so slightly want to rock a little hence they suggest bolting it to the floor. I may extend some angle iron skids toward the front to stabilize without screwing into the floor. The metal stays straight and does not curl on either half. the little dip you see on the aluminum in the left of picture 2 is just the weight bowing between the arms. The right side is supported by the table.
All in all I am pretty happy with the purchase so far.
Pixels Are Bad Mmmkay?
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I've owned a large Grizzly benchtop milling machine, mini benchtop metal lathe, and large benchtop metal lathe. They all worked very well for being such economical tools. I would highly recommend Grizzly tools to anyone on a budget.....or not.