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Posted by: Mueller May 16 2006, 07:34 PM

These are on sale right now and are kinda tempting

http://www.use-enco.com/HTM/2006/img/442.png

Posted by: bondo May 16 2006, 07:45 PM

Rollers: Marginally useful
Shear: Pretty crappy
Brake: I've seen better brakes on a radio flyer!

Posted by: So.Cal.914 May 16 2006, 09:41 PM

If you don't have any of these tools, they will work. To make flairs you will need a roller wheel or a big mallet and a pad.

Posted by: ppickerell May 16 2006, 11:15 PM

Great addition to your garage shop. Light gage material only on the shear and nothing with temper.

Posted by: smdubovsky May 17 2006, 07:30 AM

Never used the Enco. My brother has the ~$200 24" grizzly pan/box brake and it looks to be very well put together. He gives it high reviews. I've seen the sister 3-in-1 @ harbor freight (they are all the same design after all) and it didn't look impressive. I've come to the colclusion that you just have to spend $$$ to get a decent shear (alignment and being able to pretension the blade/bed are crucial.) After you use a big jump shear you'll be spoiled;) Ive never used or played w/ any rolls so I dont know what makes one good or bad (but to be honest, it looks like the easiest machine to fabricate.) Im personally more intersted in the open ended ones that can flange and bead roll.

SMD

Posted by: Mueller Dec 10 2006, 10:08 AM

Finally decided to bite the bullet and buy one, I've been having to make this little .25x.88 parts for work and at 1st I was going over to TonyCs shop to use his top of the line metal shear and then when that became a pain due to the distance I had to travel I made some just using hand shears and then setting up the pieces on my mill to get to a perfect size....what a pain...

The machine is on the heavy side, 300+ pounds, I had it shipped to my work, and then promptly disassembled it to make it more easier to load and unload by myself.

Due to the lack of space in my garage, I put it on a dolly so that I can move it around to gain access to other stuff since it cannot remain staitionary all the time.



+/- .002", not too shabby