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Posted by bigegg on June 11, 2008, 6:55 am
Please log in for more thread options Peter A Forbes wrote:
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>> I have in mind to buy, possibly pre-owned to meet my budget, sheet metal
>> shears that will cut 3mm aluminium. I'm after the type that you bolt on
>> to a bench and it will have a fairly long handle.
> you'd be pushed to get a decent
> cut on anything with that sort of tool. It's really a bench shears rather than
a
> guillotine, which is what you need, and for 3mm you need something like an
> Edwards foot machine, and even that might be struggling with 3mm NS4.
>
> Can you not get the stuff pre-cut?
I'd be tempted to go for a cheap table saw with a TCT blade:
<http://www.toolstop.co.uk/index.php?option=shop&page=shop.product_details&product_id=3599&utm_source=google&utm_medium=base>
it will also cut your angle.
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>shears that will cut 3mm aluminium. I'm after the type that you bolt on
>to a bench and it will have a fairly long handle.
>
>I mean like:
>
>http://www.machinemart.co.uk/images/library/product/large/05/051210073.jpg
>
>But, anyway, would metal shears/gullotine like the one I've indicated,
>enable me to cut 3mm aluminium without warping the aluminium? Could I
>get a straight line cut?
>
>I'd be cutting out sheets around about 410mm x 300mm. I wonder what size
>of shears I'd need, I mean the length of cut.
>