Cutting Aluminum

[icemith]

Quote : Nick , I have just read your post re the Goscut brand ' Eclipse 2000 ' sheetmetal cutters, ( March 2004 ! ) and wondered if you have any other info re those cutters. icemith.

Thanks for your reply Nick, I wasn't really expecting the reply I got, nor the renewed interest in a thread that was pretty old (2 years!!). I was amazed when I returned from Adelaide after nearly a week visiting the previously mentioned grandchild on the occasion of her 1st birthday last weekend,( flying, not driving, which would have been great), and found your posts, and the others which helped me with the operation of the Eclipse 2000 tool.

So now I will have to trawl the sites— eBay etc to find the other cutter blades or maybe even a complete unit. I was also intriqued to see reference in one post to a tool from Garrett Wade. About 1990 I had the pleasure to meet a Mr Garrettson Wade representing his firm in Sydney, Australia, at a "Working-With-Wood" annual Expo. This is the definative home workshop event, and in 1991 on a trip to the US I had planned to actually visit the establishment in New York, but due to an unplanned mugging in front of us, scaring my daughter that she booked our flight out to San Francisco early. I had so much more to do. Oh well next time. Still hasn't come.

So Nick, you're in Florida, on vacation or is that part of your mobile home backyard? Like, any state you are in is your backyard, or is it part of a migratory flight pattern for Winter? .....Nice work if you can get it!

Thanks again for the info Nick, it's much appreciated. Ivan.

[nickcrowhurst]

Originally Posted by icemith

or is it part of a migratory flight pattern for Winter?

Ivan, you are exactly correct. When the migratory birds line the telephone wires in England, we know it is time to head south and west. When the wildfowl start heading north in the Spring, we know it's time to go back home. We travel with our kayaks, and explore this amazing planet.

You may find that the one blade fitted to the Goscut will do everything you want. For the curves, if you don't have the narrow blade, just slacken the tension nut, and take even smaller "nibbles". The other specialist blade is for cutting plastic laminates.
Nick.

[lewster]

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Supercoup NR1 Nibbler Shears

Mini-Nibbler Cuts Metal Without Distortion
Compound leverage action makes cutting much easier than with snips. Starts in the middle of a panel with a 1/4" hole. Jaws are made from hardened steel and are replaceable in seconds. Cuts up to 22 gauge stainless, 18 gauge steel, .059" copper, brass, .079" PVC, .098" Polycarbonate. Made in France.

Item#ProductQtyPrice28191Supercoup NR1 Nibbler Shears
$39.99

Home > Metal Forming > Metal Cutting Tools > Shears





Supercoup NR1 Nibbler Shears

Mini-Nibbler Cuts Metal Without Distortion
Compound leverage action makes cutting much easier than with snips. Starts in the middle of a panel with a 1/4" hole. Jaws are made from hardened steel and are replaceable in seconds. Cuts up to 22 gauge stainless, 18 gauge steel, .059" copper, brass, .079" PVC, .098" Polycarbonate. Made in France.

Item#ProductQtyPrice28191Supercoup NR1 Nibbler Shears
$39.99

Hi All,

I think that this isthe tool you are speaking about. It is available from the Eastwood Co. www.eastwoodco.com . It is made in France and does a nice job. I read this thread and realized that I had one of these in my tool inventory somewhere, so I went digging and found a polymer handled model thathad the Eastwood logo and 'Made in EU' on it. Works great!

[Inland RV Center, In]

Cutting any aluminum that Airstream uses, is easily done with several different tools.

1. Metal shear.

2. Tin snips, right hand, left hand and straight cut.

3. A nibbler, if you don't mind the small waste.

4. One of the cheapest, is a plain everyday "razor knife". Use a straight edge, score the metal 10 to 12 times, start to fold it, and walaa, it snaps at the scoring. Depending on which metal your using, you might have to dress the edge down, ever so slightly, with a file.

My Grandmother loves it.

Andy