Cydrome Leader writes:

Mike Spencer wrote:

One of my best scores ever was finding a Beverly B3 cheap when I was
on the road with a backpack.
...
Go for a Beverly if you can find one to match your budget.

How flat does steel cut in a shear like that come out? Any curl at all?

For pieces several inches in both dimensions, very little. A kidney-
or rose-petal-shaped piece half the size of a place mat in 16
ga. comes out pretty flat.

For making narrow strips, e.g, 1" x 20", quite a lot.

Annoying, but my old cast iron 3' treadle shear won't do 16 ga. Always
use it for straight cuts in lighter material.

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Mike Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada