What is this thing?
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HAP
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Or creaser...
ez-duzit
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It is a metal and plastic "snip".
ez-duzit
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Sears.
engineer2
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I've had the Bernz-o-Matic version for decades. It's for cutting light gauge materials such as thin sheet metal. The problem was, the tips of the blades would easily snap off if you tried material that was too hard or too thick. Never did find replacement blades back in the day.
driftpin
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I recall Bernz-o-Matic was made in Rochester NY. Looked, and they bought a plant in Medina NY in 1969. https://www.bernzomatic.com/About-Bernzomatic/History
I have a Rochester-era propane torch which fulfills my needs in that area. It's probably 50+ years old. It came in a neat curved-lid steel box, w/fixtures.
I have a Rochester-era propane torch which fulfills my needs in that area. It's probably 50+ years old. It came in a neat curved-lid steel box, w/fixtures.
neophyte
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The UK tool brand ‘Eclipse’, made a tool called the “Goscut 2000” that looked almost exactly the same.
If that says “Madd in England” or “Made in Britain” or something similar, it might have been made by Eclipse.
Alternately it might just have been based on their patents.
The Eclipse brand was/is owned by the Neill tool group, which owned Moore and Wright, a British manufacturer of Machinist tools, sort of like Starrett.
Unlike Starrett, which uses it’s brand name for both precision tools and general purpose tools like saw blades, Neill used the Eclipse brand for general purpose tools like saw blades and punches and shears, and the Moore Wright brand for for precision tools.
At the time the Goscut was manufactured, hand powered nibblers and “strip shears” were being manufactured in the UK by a company or at least a brand called ‘Monodex’.
I presume the Monodex shears must have been somewhat popular, or at least standard, because the shears routinely turn up on Ebay in the UK, and sometimes in the US.
The Monodex shears work similar to the Wiss and Midwest “Duct” shears, in that ghey cut a strip out of the material, so you can easily cut openings in the center of a piece of sheet metal, howvever, the Monodex shears used a slimmer smaller cutter blade, and were better suited to dainty work.
Nowadays if you look for ‘Monodex” brand nibblers, similar nibblers from a French manufacturer brand called ‘Edma’ come up, so I presume Edma may have purchased the brand or patent or something.
Knipex and Erdi and Bessey sell similar nibblers/shears, and Eastwood sells the Edma ones in the USA.
I presume the Goscut shear was manufactured to compete with the Monodex shears, since Eclipse was already manufacturing a wide assortment of metal shears that competed with the Gilbow brand shears in the UK market.
The Goscut shears, unlike the Monodex version, were designed to be used while held under the material, whereas the Monodex shears were designed like regular shears to be used while held above the material.
The Goscut shears sets also came with three different blade types, with color coded dots, that where designed for cutting different types of materials.
If Eclipse didn’t manufacture that snip, it’s possible they licensed the design to a US manufacturer, since that was also common when the Goscut was being made.
Eclipse and Neill tools where however doing lots of private kabel manufacturing for other tool brands, for instance a number of Brown and Sharpe machinist tools that where being made in the UK, where being made by Neill tools.
I believe the Eclipse brand and whoever currently owns the conglomerate the brand is part of, is owned by Americans now.
This is a video of the Edma Monodex type shears.
The video shows Knipex brand, but the shears are made in France, so where likely made by Edma.
If that says “Madd in England” or “Made in Britain” or something similar, it might have been made by Eclipse.
Alternately it might just have been based on their patents.
The Eclipse brand was/is owned by the Neill tool group, which owned Moore and Wright, a British manufacturer of Machinist tools, sort of like Starrett.
Unlike Starrett, which uses it’s brand name for both precision tools and general purpose tools like saw blades, Neill used the Eclipse brand for general purpose tools like saw blades and punches and shears, and the Moore Wright brand for for precision tools.
At the time the Goscut was manufactured, hand powered nibblers and “strip shears” were being manufactured in the UK by a company or at least a brand called ‘Monodex’.
I presume the Monodex shears must have been somewhat popular, or at least standard, because the shears routinely turn up on Ebay in the UK, and sometimes in the US.
The Monodex shears work similar to the Wiss and Midwest “Duct” shears, in that ghey cut a strip out of the material, so you can easily cut openings in the center of a piece of sheet metal, howvever, the Monodex shears used a slimmer smaller cutter blade, and were better suited to dainty work.
Nowadays if you look for ‘Monodex” brand nibblers, similar nibblers from a French manufacturer brand called ‘Edma’ come up, so I presume Edma may have purchased the brand or patent or something.
Knipex and Erdi and Bessey sell similar nibblers/shears, and Eastwood sells the Edma ones in the USA.
I presume the Goscut shear was manufactured to compete with the Monodex shears, since Eclipse was already manufacturing a wide assortment of metal shears that competed with the Gilbow brand shears in the UK market.
The Goscut shears, unlike the Monodex version, were designed to be used while held under the material, whereas the Monodex shears were designed like regular shears to be used while held above the material.
The Goscut shears sets also came with three different blade types, with color coded dots, that where designed for cutting different types of materials.
If Eclipse didn’t manufacture that snip, it’s possible they licensed the design to a US manufacturer, since that was also common when the Goscut was being made.
Eclipse and Neill tools where however doing lots of private kabel manufacturing for other tool brands, for instance a number of Brown and Sharpe machinist tools that where being made in the UK, where being made by Neill tools.
I believe the Eclipse brand and whoever currently owns the conglomerate the brand is part of, is owned by Americans now.
This is a video of the Edma Monodex type shears.
The video shows Knipex brand, but the shears are made in France, so where likely made by Edma.