Shears

On the suggestion of Thomas Powers.. Here is a show us your shear thread.. Edwards #20

I do probably equal parts blacksmithing and bladesmithing and I don't always want to use a grinder to cut steel. It has its place, but not all the time. Would a run-of-the-mill bench shear handle annealed high carbon steels in thinner sections? Say, 3mm (1/8") or less? I may still get one anyway, for mild steel, but I don't want to buy one and start trying high carbon in it and destroy the blades straight away. Any advice is greatly appreciated. Cheers, Jono.

Added a length stop to the bar cutter (which I also cleaned and oiled), for cutting multiples of a particular length. The critical part of this is the little piece of square tube. This is held down by one of the bolts that holds the cutter to its mounting bracket (for holding it in the vise). Holes on the sides allow the adjustable stop to pass through, and a hole on top is threaded for a knob* to lock the stop in place. The right-hand side of the tube is in line with the cutting blades**, so measuring from that side to the stop gives you the length of the cut piece. I’m going to call that a success. * Salvaged …

I recently picked up an Edwards #20 parrot jaw shear. It cuts like a dream. Just needs a touch of tlc. Does anyone know the value of these fairly rare units? Sorry no pic, can't figure out how to get it on here.

I was just down at the salvage yard, looking for some rebar to make some anchors because the hardware store wanted $20 bucks for a little piece, anyways while i wondered around looking at all the odds an ends i decided to take a picture of this giant old shear setting out there, i know the shear came from a previous salvage yard that had been here since the late 30s but I’m not sure exactly how old the thing is, at one time the previous owner had a giant antique diesel engine running it and the next owner hooked up a PTO shaft to try and run it off an industrial tractor, but I’m pretty sure when it was new it probably was ran off steam because this thi…

Hello, stumbled across your forum by accident while looking for information about what I just managed to purchase. Sadly I have not been able to find much on this other than the company started making sheet metal tools in 1937 and all the way up to the late 60s. If someone has more information about this manual ironworker and the history, any manuals, etc, about them that would be wonderful. This unit appears to be minimally modified (stand I doubt is original) and it doesn't appear to have been used that much. So here are my questions, if anyone can help what is the capacity for cutting/punching? are there any parts available? does anyone know how old this is? what is it…

I've wanted this model since the day I saw it.. I called Edwards Shear about 25 years ago looking for information on the 10B.. . having all ready owned a 5 for 10 years and never seeing a 10B I was in dream land when I stopped at a road side Cafe only to see one sitting on the porch for sale.. I gave the lady a deposit and said I'd be back as I was on my MC at the time.. Anyhow, Edwards was still owned by Edwards and they had literature and sales flyers.. The gentleman was kind enough to send me a hard copy of the sales brochure of the large hand shears.. It showed the 5, 5 hydraulic and 10 alligator jaw, and a 15 and 20 parrot jaw.. I immedi…

I recently got this fully assembled shear, along with a halfway assembled shear and a base of some sort, that I am almost 100% sure does not go with the shears a while back. With all this I also got a small post vise needing some repair. It was all $60. I find myself needing a second opinion on what to do with the halfway assembled shear and the base. I know that I will be moving in a year and a half after seminary is done, and want to know if these are things worth keeping, fixing or scrapping? I would need a couple pieces for the shear to be functional, however one of those pieces is fairly complex. The base looks familiar, but I can’t tell what it would be fro…

I saw a video a little while back from a fellow (now deceased) who did a lot of sheet metal work that required a lot of precision cutting with his bench shears. To this end, he’d added an angle iron table to its side; here is my version. The hold-down has been swung up and back, for greater visibility. I’ll move it back down if I find myself missing it, but the gentleman said he found that holding the stock down onto the table to be both more precise and more secure. One of the tips from the video was that you can set up a temporary fence if you need to make repeat cuts at a particular angle. I gave this a try, holding a bit of scrap down first with a sp…

I recently bought a pels meb 13 40 ton mechanical ironworker. I was trying to find information on it online but couldn't seem to find a thing on here about it. Saw a conversation thread in a google search so thought I'd see if you fine folks could give me any insight on this machine, or history, or anything.... Like I said, having trouble finding any information on it at all. its coming from a shop that said it was under power and functioning when they took it out of service one year ago, and I have asked them to power it up so I can see it operating when I arrive for pick up. I have to haul it back here from 3 hours away and have no clue how much it weighs but want to ma…

I've been searching for any information available for this shear and continue to come up short. I've found information on a possibly newer No. 3 but it is quite a bit smaller than this Big Girl. Thank you in advance for any help on this. My main concern would be the handle and fitting it. Thanks Frank

Not sure what this tool is called but I want to make one. My question is should I use leaf spring or abrasion resistance steel. I have a long section from a snow plow blade (the replaceable edge) or a pile of large leaf springs. Or would you recommend a different steel I can imagine that AR steels are a pain to forge. Any input would be appreciated.

Hello all, new to the forum. I recently purchased a property in CT with a large shed that I found had this piece of machinery in it; a Libert Hi Speed Sheer. After a minute of research all I have found is that it is used for cutting sheet metal, but I have no idea what to do with it. Im curious if anyone can enlighten me on exactly what it was used for or the history of the company and how I might be able to get it into the hands of someone who may want it. Not interested in making money, but it looks like a cool tool, and thought maybe someone would want it. TIA for any info/help.

No stand, but the shear looks like new. I know they're like xxxxxxxx high when new. I'm trying to get at an "average used" valuation. Since I know pricing varies with location, I'm near Seattle. Thanks! metalmagpie

I wanting to cut some strips of various nickel alloys (1/16 to 1/8 inches thick) by about 2 inches wide for now, maybe wider in the future. But I need the cut piece to be square in dimension. IE, I have a 12 inch flat strip that is 2" wide X 1/16th thick , and I want to cut it into small 1/16 square pieces that are 2" long. Since nickel alloys are fairly expensive, I want save on material loss that would otherwise come from a band-saw or even a jewlers saw cutting the strips by hand. I imagine a shear-type tool will fit the bill. However I have NO experience using one at all, and would like some recommendations. I can get a Baileigh MPS-8G shear for about $200…

I've virtually finished a rebuild on 'my little baby' tell me what you think!

I have read on hear that some have seen others that have added power to an Edwards shear. I have a #5 I would like to add a hydraulic cylinder to. I can mount it next to my Di-Acro bender and feed it from that hyd system. Any photos or sketches would be appreciated.

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I found the info Edwards sent to me many years ago..

I have noticed there is no index for shears. or maybe I missed it. I wanted to post pics of the new one I just picked up, but there is no place to put them.. I"m open to where you want the info to go.. Thanks Jennifer

Please post your topics on hand shears, throatless shears, mechanical shears, ironworkers, beverly shears and etc here.

I have an Edwards No. 10 metal shear - without the "handle." What did the original handle look like? Was it just a pipe? Thanks

I've been practicing my metal spinning and I'm thinking I need to cut my own spinning circles and perhaps make mandrels/forms out of something other than wood.I did a search and didn't exactly find what I was looking for, so I thought I'd ask. This is a two-parter, so please bear with me. 1. I need to cut non-ferrous sheet metal circles probably no thicker than .050" with a diameter between 3"-10" . I was wondering if anyone has built a Riser Circle Shear or Daniel Remer Circle Shear by modifying an inexpensive Harbor Freight tool. If so, how is it working out for you and was adapting the tool hard to do? If you have one that you never use, would you consider trading…

I have a beverly B2 shear that I'm thinking of selling, I kinda see it as an unnecessary tool. Anything I would use it for can easily be done on a grinder or bandsaw. Before I do though how do you guys use yours? Does It fill a nich In your shop another tool doesn't already?

My new Edwards shear #5 took it all apart cleaned and re greased. Now want to make a short stand for it with two slide stands to hold stock and mount it by the forge. I have an Edwards 10b bolted by my stock rack that is set to cut max 4' lengths. ( it is set 4' from the wall so touch the wall with stock and it will be sheared at 4'