This shear followed me home about a year ago:
It claims to cut 3/8" steel sheet, 3"x1/2" plate, and 3/4" round bar!
Now that the new shop is up and running, it's time to clean it up and tune it up.
Only one particularly stubborn screw - one of the three grub screws setting the alignment of the lower blade. It gets to soak in Deep Creep this week until I get back there.
There's a missing lock-nut on the lever assembly which should be easy work to turn a new one.
The blades are in pretty rough shape. I need to send them out for sharpening, and of course left that bundle at the cabin. No hurry though.
I also need to figure out how and if I should pull the round shear inserts - they can probably be rotated to expose a new face - you can see the one in the moving plate isn't in great shape.
I expect I can "just" drift them out, but haven't tied yet.
Next weekend I'll hit it with the kerosene and a wire wheel, and probably re-paint the main body.
It claims to cut 3/8" steel sheet, 3"x1/2" plate, and 3/4" round bar!
Now that the new shop is up and running, it's time to clean it up and tune it up.
Only one particularly stubborn screw - one of the three grub screws setting the alignment of the lower blade. It gets to soak in Deep Creep this week until I get back there.
There's a missing lock-nut on the lever assembly which should be easy work to turn a new one.
The blades are in pretty rough shape. I need to send them out for sharpening, and of course left that bundle at the cabin. No hurry though.
I also need to figure out how and if I should pull the round shear inserts - they can probably be rotated to expose a new face - you can see the one in the moving plate isn't in great shape.
I expect I can "just" drift them out, but haven't tied yet.
Next weekend I'll hit it with the kerosene and a wire wheel, and probably re-paint the main body.