28 Sep
2006
28 Sep
'06
7:49 p.m.
On 9/28/06, Roy J. Tellason <rtellason at verizon.net> wrote:
A compressed air supply? Sounds good to me, though I haven't figured out yet
where I'm gonna put one in this second floor apartment. :-)
I already have the compressed air (I got it to fill tractor tires,
drive a pneumatic
nail gun, etc.). I just need to go out and get the pneumatic nibbler
tool itself.
I've seen pneumatic shears, etc., but don't do enough work with sheet metal to
justify that - I didn't consider that a nibbler is an obvious tool to
drive with air.
-ethan
On Wednesday 27 September 2006 11:19 pm, Ethan Dicks
wrote:
Yeah... I don't remember that I was doing anything that was off the spec, but
when the tool broke, I can't say I was surprised.
And I've broken cheap RS nibblers on thick
aluminum... they are OK for
plastic and really thin sheet.
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. If you've got a compressed air supply, you can
pick up a pneumatic
nibbler for about $30 from your local cheap Chinese tool store (e.g.
Harbor Freight). These can make just about any shape hole in sheet metal
up to 14 gauge very quickly and easily.
Ooh... I gots to get me one of those...