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Stomp shear vs panel saw
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Texas_Signmaker
Very Active Signmaker
Stop sheer crushes the ACM and makes the edges look bad. Panel saw makes rough edges. I like scoring and breaking..edges look factory
So if you mount laminated vinyl over this you would see the crushing marks?
Pauly
Printrade.com.au
Mine doesn't.
With the right blade, you get fantastic edges.
Notarealsignguy
Arial - it's almost helvetica
All we use is a shear, cuts perfect like a factory edge and doesn't crush the material. We've used stomp shears, a small hydraulic shear and large 12' hydraulic shears that can do 1/2" plate. If you get a bad edge, you need to adjust the blade gap.
We use a panel saw and a sheer... Our sheer is only 30" wide. So we panel it into a size that fits then sheer it. The sheer makes a nice clean cut, it doesn't crush the edges and it requires zero sanding unlike our panel saw.
Didn't realize stomp sheers were so cheap.... May buy a 5 ft one and just sheer everything for under 2k. Saves sooooo much labor vs having to sand the edges down
Didn't realize stomp sheers were so cheap.... May buy a 5 ft one and just sheer everything for under 2k. Saves sooooo much labor vs having to sand the edges down
John Miller
New Member
A stomp shear works well, get an 8' or 10'. Peck, Stow & Wilcox makes a good one, they've been around for decades. You don't need a new stomp shear. Mine was made in 1958, still is working great, I bought it in about 1980.
dasigndr
Premium Subscriber
I have been using my foot shear for acm for many years. NEVER ANY ISSUES. cut perfectly. I also have a Guillotine cutter that ruins the edges.
Medina Signs
Old Member
Both can do the job, the correct blade on the saw makes a difference - we shear 3-4mm and usually cut 1/4" on the saw.
Billct2
Active Member
If I could only choose one it would be the panel saw because it can cut many more materials.
I was looking for an 8' stomp shear for a long time but they were rare and usually sold when I saw them.
I had a chance to get a 4' shear from a shop that was closing and I'm really glad I did. It is great for ACM and most
pieces we cut fit on it.
I was looking for an 8' stomp shear for a long time but they were rare and usually sold when I saw them.
I had a chance to get a 4' shear from a shop that was closing and I'm really glad I did. It is great for ACM and most
pieces we cut fit on it.
MikePro
New Member
i use a stomp shear, with a piece of scrap dibond at the crunch point to keep it from stomping on the finish of the panel.
still, the edges get rounded a bit at the cut but it doesn't take away from the quality of a dibond sign.
i still like cnc routing it better, panelsaw would be identical machine-edge quality, but in a pinch a shear is a timesaver.
still, the edges get rounded a bit at the cut but it doesn't take away from the quality of a dibond sign.
i still like cnc routing it better, panelsaw would be identical machine-edge quality, but in a pinch a shear is a timesaver.
JBurton
Signtologist
Scoring and breaking tends to curl the edge, unless you have it clamped to the table. Stomp sheer puts an edge to it, sure, but it certainly doesn't crush it. Are you thinking something like structural corrugated acm? That stuff, assembled in the field, is usually done with hand routers and skill saws.
petepaz
New Member
same here, i would always rather use the sheer but ours only go to 38" so on larger projects have to use the panel saw