[TheForge] pneumatic nibblers

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

The kind i see most often, nibbles a U shaped bite out of the sheet and 
will do curves, but drops sharp and nasty little pieces that love socks.

terry l. ridder wrote:
> hello;
> 
> i have been given several pneumatic tools. among the tools are two
> nibblers. that is what the labels on the tools call themself. the one is
> not so much a nibbler as a shear. both tools work well cutting a
> straight path. attempting to cut anything other than a straight path
> becomes a chore. the one tool which i like to best has a pistol grip and
> cuts sheet metal like it was slicing through butter with a hot knife.
> the only down side is the way it cuts the sheet metal. there are three
> parts to the "jaws" of this unit. the left and right parts are
> stationary they ae shaped to form a shearing edge with the middle part
> which moves. the middle part and the two stationary parts form a v-shape
> cutter. i should take a close up picture and put it up on my web
> servers. anyway, when cutting the sheet metal the tool slices out a 1/4
> inch strip of metal which curls up as you continue to cut through the
> sheet metal. this "nibbler" states on the label that it will cut sheet
> metal up to 18 gauge. it has no problem cutting through 18 gauge judging
> by the small piece of scrap that i tested it on.
> 
> i am wondering what are the other types of pneumatic "nibblers" are
> there and do any of them handle cutting out complex designs?
>