I'm thinking that I would like to purchase a shear. The main use would be to shear between 16 and 20 gauge steel sheet up to 48" wide and possibly some aluminum in that range or slightly thicker. I'm thinking a simple stomp shear would probably suffice.
That being said, the ability to shear up to 1/8, 3/16 or even 1/4" would really be useful at times as well. A 1/4" capacity with a width capacity of 4,6 or 8 feet would probably be about the max I would consider but I have a few questions in regard to one of that size. First would be my floor as a shear this size can be heavy. Would something this size require some sort of foundation? My floor is 5" thick 6.5 bag mix concrete with wire. I do not want to have to break out any floor and redo anything for whatever shear I decide to go with. Any thoughts on this matter?
I am also somewhat limited on the electric end as well so the max. HP I could run would be in the 7.5 or possibly 10 HP range.
I have little knowledge about metal shears so any advice or recommendations as to things to consider or machines to avoid and so forth would be greatly appreciated.
Jeff
That being said, the ability to shear up to 1/8, 3/16 or even 1/4" would really be useful at times as well. A 1/4" capacity with a width capacity of 4,6 or 8 feet would probably be about the max I would consider but I have a few questions in regard to one of that size. First would be my floor as a shear this size can be heavy. Would something this size require some sort of foundation? My floor is 5" thick 6.5 bag mix concrete with wire. I do not want to have to break out any floor and redo anything for whatever shear I decide to go with. Any thoughts on this matter?
I am also somewhat limited on the electric end as well so the max. HP I could run would be in the 7.5 or possibly 10 HP range.
I have little knowledge about metal shears so any advice or recommendations as to things to consider or machines to avoid and so forth would be greatly appreciated.
Jeff