Kev Williams
03-21-2022, 6:53 PM
My dad brought home an old DiAcro 12" metal shear about 400 years ago, been a workhorse but it's gotten so bad finally that while it'll shear brass and aluminum all I can get it to do is BEND stainless. And what I normally shear with it is 20 gauge 304 stainless for ID plates I make, and I just cut them to order. I'm going to get the DiAcro's blades replaced and set up by a local shop, but the guy is weeks out. So I decided to see what else might be for sale that would work.
I came across this ad-
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I'm pretty sure just new blades for the DiAcro will cost more than $140, but I was intrigued because 2 of my 4 fiber lasers are Vevor branded (bought off ebay) and they work fine. So I ordered one, on the 16th/
It just came about an hour ago. was all put together, just the handle needed attached...
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I just removed the straps holding the DiAcro to the old Skilshop workbench, moved it back some then, half-arsed strapped the new one down. Only used one strap for now since the bolts I have handy are too long on the back side, they hit the blade. I put in a scrap piece of SS about 2" long, and it went thru it much easier than I was expecting. Since there's no table, I cut up some scrap black .090 aluminum, taped the front edge to the shelf on the shear and shimmed the back edge, so I could at least hold down what I was cutting.
I have an order for 1 whole 3-1/2" square ID plate, so I marked cut lines on a piece with a laser, then held it down and trimmed off 2 edges.
the top and right edges are the new cuts-
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Cut very nice, not much effort, and the piece didn't walk, or WANT to walk, I just lined up my cut lines to the bottom blade edge, held it down and pulled the handle, the piece didn't move a bit.
Pretty happy with it, especially for the price! Now I don't have to make an 18 mile round trip to the sheet metal shop for one $3 plate! :)
I came across this ad-
476284
I'm pretty sure just new blades for the DiAcro will cost more than $140, but I was intrigued because 2 of my 4 fiber lasers are Vevor branded (bought off ebay) and they work fine. So I ordered one, on the 16th/
It just came about an hour ago. was all put together, just the handle needed attached...
476283
476285
I just removed the straps holding the DiAcro to the old Skilshop workbench, moved it back some then, half-arsed strapped the new one down. Only used one strap for now since the bolts I have handy are too long on the back side, they hit the blade. I put in a scrap piece of SS about 2" long, and it went thru it much easier than I was expecting. Since there's no table, I cut up some scrap black .090 aluminum, taped the front edge to the shelf on the shear and shimmed the back edge, so I could at least hold down what I was cutting.
I have an order for 1 whole 3-1/2" square ID plate, so I marked cut lines on a piece with a laser, then held it down and trimmed off 2 edges.
the top and right edges are the new cuts-
476286
Cut very nice, not much effort, and the piece didn't walk, or WANT to walk, I just lined up my cut lines to the bottom blade edge, held it down and pulled the handle, the piece didn't move a bit.
Pretty happy with it, especially for the price! Now I don't have to make an 18 mile round trip to the sheet metal shop for one $3 plate! :)