[Jewelry making - Article 00695] - Re: [Orchid] Bench shears

[jesse Brennan]

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    http://www.harborfreight.com is a knock off of the swiss made
    Profiform 200 see on Otto Frie site 

    http://www.ottofrei.com/store/home.php?cat=290 

    I bought a knock off from another vendor because the expensive Swiss
    one is very highly rated. 

    The one I bought had problems caused by poor assembly quality
    control- this may not be a universal problem. I fixed it rather than
    send it back. You may find my comments on this tool in the archives.
    It will not cut 8 inch wide-- shears are described by the shear
    blade length and this is not all useable. cuts 6 inches wide ok. I
    built a feed table like available for the Profiform to cut thin
    strips. This works on thinner metals-- most tools are a bit overrated
    in advertisements as to cutting capacity. The sheared edge on thinner
    stock is acceptable to me -- maybe not to all. A sheared edge will
    show a very little deformation on the top side. Mine does, maybe the
    Profiform does better?? Peter Rowe apparently has the real thing and
    likes it. I have two of the paper cutter type an 8 inch and a 12
    inch rated. 

    They are strong but the 12 inch is a bit heavy. I have added simple
    infeed tables (on the fixed blade side) used as outfeed tables to cut
    square and fixed width pieces. These can cut wider stock than the
    blade length by slipping the stock after the first cut. 

jesse
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