[TheForge] Bar Shear

[Kenny O.]

Rafter Lazy C wrote:

>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
>  
>
I Have  set of plans for a smaller sheer from a 1941 MI mag
I could send them to you. They are in PDF format, or if someone could 
post them I would send them there. The plans were originally
designed for a hardwood frame. I have lots of plans but nowhere to
post them, I collect old MI mags and the like, I would only have to scan 
them and email them, or put them on a disc and go postal.

Most of the plans were for woodworking.

Let me know if you are interested.

Kenny O
Southern OR.