![]() ![]() The heavy-duty hardened carbon steel blades of the tool offer up to 18-guage (1.22 mm) cutting capacity in mild steel. Or cut through layered metal and seams, even the ribs of spiral duct.Navigate crosscuts through profiles of metal building and roofing panels.With Malco’s TSHD Sheet Metal Cutter, you are able to easily: The shear’s wide-opening jaws can operate at high or low speeds for the control you need, when you need it. This electric shear attachment has the capability to make fast straight, curved, or square cuts in most common sheet metals. Some years ago – removal of old heating oil storage tanks became part of our business – and we were not surprised that power shears were not up to the task of cutting up these tanks.The Malco TurboShear Heavy Duty (TSHD) is a powerful sheet metal cutting tool that can be quickly attached to a corded or cordless drill. We normally would use a Evolution or Morse 9 inch metal cutting circular saw.īTW – many Malco tools are made in the USA – but some of the Malco hand cutters are made by Edma in France. We had bought one to try to use it on corrugated roof decking – but found it lacking (too slow and awkward if not impossible to use) for our application. Malco also sells a light-duty shear attachment (TS1) that I’ve seen in Home Depot for about $52: I think The Malco variants also come in versions that are specialized for cutting asphalt shingles, cement backer-board, slate, fiber-cement siding and corrugated sheet metal. ![]() Having something like this that we could have slapped on one of our drills would have been very welcome.Īs you say – this should be appealing for those who occasionally need a light-duty power shears. We either had to run to my shop, cut what we thought we needed, then come back to do one more piece, or cut that last piece by hand. I was helping a friend install aluminum fascia, and each piece had to be trimmed lengthwise. I can’t begin to think how much better it would have been a couple weeks ago. Unless it seems flimsy or poorly made, I will be getting one. However, for $50 with the bracket included, just got one sold. The only thing holding me back, was that it either required two hands to operate, or you had to buy a separate bracket to anchor it to the drill, so it wouldn’t spin around, bringing the price point up to just where I really couldn’t justify it. I have an air shear which I use in the shop, but don’t use one away from the shop enough to justify a corded one, so I was considering Malco’s drill powered one. Ive had a Malco shear on my Amazon wish list for a while now. So what do you think about this new shear attachment? Hooray, or nay? It’s hot on the heels of Dewalt’s new right angle flex shaft extension, which a lot of readers are excited about. ![]() This looks to be an interesting new drill and impact driver attachment from Dewalt. Otherwise, what’s to stop the cutter head from rotating along with the drill chuck. The tool clamp holds the cutting attachment steady. Dewalt’s is so far looking to be priced at $50 – which is more than just a little less expensive.Ĭompared to other shear attachments, this one has a much smaller-looking tool clamp. That would sure be nice, seeing as how the Malco TSHD heavy-duty TurboShear is priced at $80 at Amazon. What I’m hoping is that this new shear attachment can handle 18 gauge sheet metal. So I went back and tool out the “metal” part of each specific Dewalt shear attachment mention. The retailer’s site, where the info was first posted, calls this an 18 gauge shear attachment. Well, it is, but it’s not just a metal shear. In the first draft of this post, I wrote that this is a new Dewalt metal-cutting shear. The shear attachment is compatible with “most 18V and 20V Max impact driver and drill tool brands.” Even though it seems to be impact rated, that doesn’t mean you cannot or should not use it with your drill/driver. You see where the brace attaches to the cutter, right near the hex shank? That’s where it can be rotated. The cutter can be rotated a full 360° for maneuverability. Besides sheet metal and corrugated sheet metal, it can cut ducting, asphalt shingles, steel mesh, vinyl siding, wire, plastic materials, cardboard, and rubber.
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