On Fri, 1 Jan 2010 13:51:40 -0800 (PST), Jim Wilkins
wrote:

On Jan 1, 1:55*pm, "Steve B" wrote:
Smaller one. *What would be a good older quality American brand, and how
much should I pay? *I'd say 3' long max.

Steve

Pexto, Roper-Whitney, Niagara.
Actually I can't think of a bad older American brand.
If you find one check it carefully for damage, people seriously
overload them.

I've used larger industrial models of the imports which weren't too
bad. The 3-in-1 machines are difficult and fussy but they do work.

jsw


steve..Ive got a 5' shear (Pexto) Id sell you rather cheaply. It was a
set shear, converted to hydraulic.


Gunner

"I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the
means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not
making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of
it. In my youth I travelled much, and I observed in different
countries, that the more public provisions were made for the
poor the less they provided for themselves, and of course became
poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the
more they did for themselves, and became richer." -- Benjamin
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