Shearing is one of the world’s oldest metalworking activities. Since basically the dawn of time man has been trying to concoct a good way to sever longer pieces of metal in twain. Once mankind figured out how to roll metal into thin sheets, the first question was, “Hey, how do I cut this thing?” Sheet metal cutting has been performed from earliest days by shears of some sort that make use of a set of parallel blades, not unlike scissors, where one is offset slightly from the other. In speaking of the history of shearing, we believe it would not serve any good purpose slogging through time following the development of the shear prior to, say, the last 50 years or so. (Let’s face it folks, shears are not terribly complicated machines.)
From the littlest bench shear of 18-24 inches wide, to the biggest industrial machines the likes of which would be found in shipyards, major erecting companies, or steel producers, these machines are basically found to be remarkably similar. In whatever configuration you make a shear in, it has to have three or four main major components to actually be able to shear metal sheet.
They can be arrayed in a number of different ways, shears can cut up, shears can cut down, some shears are designed to just take off a corner of a piece of sheet metal. The main point is every shear has to start with some kind of blade, every shear has to have some way of producing pressure to apply to the blade, and have a sturdy and substantial hold-down mechanism. Lastly you need some kind of sturdy surface, call it a table or base, to withstand the pressure of the shearing operation. From that point, shears vary widely in capability and size. For our information in this setting we are targeting specifically sheet metal shears. These shears will typically have a lighter gauge capability than their bigger brothers.
Bud's Machine Tools has sold sheet metal shears since we opened our doors. It’s a little-known fact outside Salt Lake City, Utah, that Bud's Machine is heavily active in the HVAC industry all across the Mountain Time Zone. Consequently, we apply and sell quite a substantial number of sheet metal shears every year. What does all this activity bring us? In one word: experience. We discuss specific applications with every potential customer we encounter, and follow the process of installing the shear and then producing production parts on the customers floor.
What can you expect to find in the way of available sheet metal shears from Bud's Machine Tools is a considerable spread of sizes and capabilities:
The place to go is Bud's Machine Tools in Salt Lake City, Utah. As was mentioned above, we have been in the business of applying, selling, installing and servicing sheet metal shears since we began. In addition, Bryan "Bud" Jorgenson learned the trade at the side of his father, Roger Jorgenson, who sold shears of all types for decades throughout the Intermountain West and beyond.
Please contact us and we can help you find solutions for your sheet metal projects. Come on out and see us, or call us up on the phone, or send us an email — we like them all — and we can show you several options to get the job done right, and for the right price.
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