[TheForge] Bar Shear

[Rafter Lazy C]

Hello again all -

    Although I feel a little goofy answering my own post,  I must tell you
all that I found 2 examples in "The Art Of Blacksmithing" by Alex Bealer.
They are not exactly what I was thinking of, but really the closest thing I
have seen yet.  He calls them "Shear Cutters" and they have approximately 12
inch long blades.
    I remember seeing one in the shop of Matthew Edel (in Iowa) when I
visited there once, but I didn't have enough sense to draw some sketches of
how the leverage worked, and I didn't have my camera with.  If I ever go
there again,  I will make sure to take a camera, but I don't think that will
be soon.  (About a 6 hour trip if I recall correctly.)  His takes about a
180 degree movement of the handle to fully close the blade.  This could
amount to a LOT of leverage.  The closest I can some up with seems to be
about 70 degrees of handle movement.
    We'll see now if someone can some up with a leverage system that will
work with this style of cutter and if they will post it.  I really believe
that lots of guys have seen these and I just need to find someone close
enough to one to take pics of it and share with us.

Thanks for listening to my rambling,
Rick


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rafter Lazy C" <rick at rafterlazyc.com>
To: <artgawk at thegrid.net>; "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 3:42 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Bar Shear


>     Well, I thought I found what I wanted in "The Cookbook".  Really it is
> not, as I want to be able to make a cut 10 inches or so long.  I haven't
> seen any for sale around here at all.  Haven't seen any for sale anywhere
I
> have been.  Maybe if I ask again, someone will get a picture of theirs and
> put it on the photo access page.
>     Otherwise, I'll be back to the beginning design stages with this
project
> as well.
>
> Hoping,
> Rick Crawford at Rafter Lazy C
>   Home of Smoky Forge and Lem the Wonder Mule
> In the middle of Northern Illinois
>
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