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Originally Posted by meco3hp Hello,
I got this shear from a buddy. I traded him some used roofing tin that I salvaged and he then paid a guy some cash for this shear and then gave it to me in lue of the tin I gave him. It looks factory to me, and cuts like a dream, nice, clean cuts. I don't see any name or marks on it, but it does need some cleaning up. I'm thinking of de greasing it and killing the rust and painting it up black. Glenn sugjested painting the jaws yellow, for safety reasons, and I agree. Anybody else have a shear like this?
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Very interesting linkage on that shear. I went back the the picture a couple of times to try figure out how it works. Real cool! I have an 8-inch shear made in India (probably out of old salvaged ship hulls) that has the handle in the "up" position at rest. If you tilt the handle foreward a bit, the handle falls down and the shear could unexpectedly chop whatever is in its way, so I keep a bolt through a couple of holes in the jaws. They are probably there for that purpose, because they were not intended to cut rod or anything.
...just in case someone comes in the shop and messes with it.