On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 17:24:56 -0800, Grant Erwin
wrote:

The manual says to set it to a gap of .005" everywhere, doesn't distinguish
between thin and thick stock. I am working with some thin (18ga?) sheet metal
right now and need to cut it cleanly and don't have a Beverly shear so I'm using
the ironworker. It isn't hard to take a shim out afterwards if I need to.

GWE

While I cannot speak for your iron worker..I have been doing
repair/adjustment work on various bigger shears over the past month or
so. I just did a repair job and an a full tune and tweak on both an
Amada 1/4" and a Standard 1/2" plate sheer (both with 12 foot blades)
and the specified clearence was .003 for stuff down to 16 ga, and then
..002-001.

Gunner


wrote:

I seem to remember someone posting a message that said that the gap
should be larger when cutting thicker material. Can't remember who it
was. You might see if you can find more information on that before
adjusting the gap to near zero.


Dan

Grant Erwin wrote:

I have a little Scotchman ironworker. It shears structural steel stock fine, but
it hasn't ever worked on sheet metal (gap too big).
Grant Erwin
Kirkland, Washington





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