28 Sep
2006
28 Sep
'06
3:58 p.m.
On 9/28/2006 at 1:55 AM Roy J. Tellason wrote:
I'm not remembering why they broke, but I know I
broke several of those
when I first got one -- the spec in the catalog at that time said they
were
good on up to 16 ga. steel, and the box I was trying
to nibble (also from
RS
said it was 16 ga. steel, which I was happy to point
out to them. The
one I ended up with since was able to cut out the rectangular hole I
wanted and
has since done nicely with aluminum miniboxes and such,
though I haven't
stressed it much since that original stress test.
Well, there are tools from RS and then there are good tools. A Klein
76011B nibbler still costs less than $20 and is a *much* better tool for
the money.
Cheers,
Chuck