chevy2
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Sheet metal work isn't what i mainly do,
generally most of my stuff is tube/section/plate.
had an old worn set of rollers and folder that i've moved onto a friend and bought a 3in1 roller/folder/shear machine used for £150 from ebay,
Read the reviews on them and never once expected it to perform each task as good as a dedicated one operation tool,
this ones a Northern brand which does up to 30" wide,
though i'm sure they're all the same with different colours and brand names?
the shear is where the poor reviews mostly pickup on but as i mainly bought it for the foller/roller i'm not too worried but i have done 1mm/20 guage up to around 12" wide so far, very much doubt it'll do 18guage but then i've various other methods of cutting sheet.
Roller seams to work fine and one roller cames away to remove full circles,
once again works fine on 1mm.
folder is what i mostly wanted from it as it can form boxes with the removeable blades, done 18guage around 12" long testing it and it does nice clean sharp bends,
Knocked up a trolley for it as its too heavy to keeping dragging around and i now have only one machine instead of two to store
generally most of my stuff is tube/section/plate.
had an old worn set of rollers and folder that i've moved onto a friend and bought a 3in1 roller/folder/shear machine used for £150 from ebay,
Read the reviews on them and never once expected it to perform each task as good as a dedicated one operation tool,
this ones a Northern brand which does up to 30" wide,
though i'm sure they're all the same with different colours and brand names?
the shear is where the poor reviews mostly pickup on but as i mainly bought it for the foller/roller i'm not too worried but i have done 1mm/20 guage up to around 12" wide so far, very much doubt it'll do 18guage but then i've various other methods of cutting sheet.
Roller seams to work fine and one roller cames away to remove full circles,
once again works fine on 1mm.
folder is what i mostly wanted from it as it can form boxes with the removeable blades, done 18guage around 12" long testing it and it does nice clean sharp bends,
Knocked up a trolley for it as its too heavy to keeping dragging around and i now have only one machine instead of two to store