Milwaukee cordless shears…

PAToyota said:
I know you say cordless, but I've been using these for awhile and $40 is a bit easier to stomach than $330.

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I can't say I've tried them on 14ga, though... Honestly, that seems super thick for shears.
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After dragging a cord around the the welder for the past 3 days on the scissor lift I only want cordless.

:p
 
71PA_Highboy said:
Not sure how good shears are gonna work on Rpanel... seems like it would flatten all the ribs.

Would the metal circ saw be better on an Rpanel?
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JMAN3203 said:
Not that I work with a bunch of r panel, most people I've seen use nibblers.
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I watched some videos and it seemed to
work good…. I think as long as it is a double blade it will work.

The bubblers seems much slower….


But i don’t have any real world
Experience
 
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I always thought that the really big scissor looking snips were easier to deal with back when I was doing it all day

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I have the HF bauer ones modded to dewalt batteries and it works pretty well.
 
I bought the Milwaukee ones for the guys at work. They like them for doing r-panel.

Typically I use a circular saw but not being covered in hot metal chips has its appeal.
 
I ended up just going with a saw with a backward blade.


Now for my sloped sheets…. Can I stack a bunch of sheets, stagger them according to the slope and make one cut instead of cutting each sheet individually?
 
Talon2006 said:
I ended up just going with a saw with a backward blade.


Now for my sloped sheets…. Can I stack a bunch of sheets, stagger them according to the slope and make one cut instead of cutting each sheet individually?
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Technically you can right?

You can also pre drill all the holes but if you **** up you really **** up....
 
PAToyota said:
What CarterKraft said. At the very least, I'd cut them individually until you felt confident that you had things down and everything fit perfectly.
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I was going to try it on the first three, so if I fjck up I can use them further down where it is shorter.

I have been pre drilling holes and have not ficked up a single one so far.
 
Talon2006 said:
I was going to try it on the first three, so if I fjck up I can use them further down where it is shorter.

I have been pre drilling holes and have not ficked up a single one so far.
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When my dad first said we were going to pre drill sheets on a 80' wall I thought he lost his mind.

But it makes a crazy bad ass looking building.

I learned about the punch method from RR buildings on YouTube, that's actually way better than drilling IMO.
 
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CarterKraft said:
Technically you can right?

You can also pre drill all the holes but if you **** up you really **** up....
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First attempt at doing multiple sheets at the same time a success.

I will only do a max of 3 at a time though…. Don’t wanna screw myself.
 

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Talon2006 said:
First attempt at doing multiple sheets at the same time a success.

I will only do a max of 3 at a time though…. Don’t wanna screw myself.
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straight walls stack and clamp, and make a ice pick punch. With that few sheets you can just punch the holes right through.

A better version of drilling
 
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