HF throatless shear

[emeraldcoupe]

anyone have one of the harbor freight throatless shears? not interested in spending hundreds on a used Beverly, this will be an occasional use tool.

 

[Hop2it]

i have one but had to do a little grinding on it so the handle would stay up and also work more smoothly.has worked good for me
Doug

 

[Bobf]

I bought one a few months ago on sale or coupon, don't recall. When I received it the thing wouldn't easily go up/down and one of the screws were cross threaded and rammed in anyway. took it back to a local store and got another, which has so far worked OK, with limited use so far.

 

[emeraldcoupe]

I bought one the other day, got a 25% off coupon in an email, brought it down to $104 + tx. having never used one before I have nothing to compare it to. took a few tries to adjust it and tighten the bolts up. cuts pretty nice, it'll do just fine for what I need.


https://www.harborfreight.com/throatless-shear-38413.html

 

[Shadrock]

Are you still pleased with it? I have some uses for one, but probably won't be using it enough to get a high dollar one. If it proved useful, I maybe more inclined to get a nicer one...

 

[bigdav160]

I have the Eastwood version (it's blue). I used it quite a bit. Thumbs up from me.

 

[emeraldcoupe]

Are you still pleased with it? I have some uses for one, but probably won't be using it enough to get a high dollar one. If it proved useful, I maybe more inclined to get a nicer one...

yeah, so far so good for the times I've used it. like you I couldn't justify an expensive one.

 

[LandofRath]

For lighter gauge steel works quite well, I have one that is 7-8 years old still works.