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Old 11-12-2018, 12:51 PM
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I’m looking at 2 foot/stomp type shears on an auction. One it labeled as a squaring foot shear and the other just a foot shear. Both rated for 16 gauge mild steel. My question is, what’s the difference between a squaring and a regular foot shear. Google didn’t come up with much to help answer. TIA
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Old 11-12-2018, 05:17 PM
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My suspicion is they are basically the same. it is how well they do the fence 90 degrees to blade . All the stomp shears I have used all had a fence on at least one side. you said 2 ft. ? never seen stomp shear 2 ft. 3 ft. yes.
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Old 11-12-2018, 07:50 PM
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Personally if I were you I’d hold out for a shear that cut at least 48”, the width of a full sheet. Some people might consider it a squaring shear only if it has a back-gauge not that you couldn't cut a sheet square without one. In a production shop an accurate back-gauge is almost a must have. ~ John Buchtenkirch
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Old 11-12-2018, 09:13 PM
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Sorry that wasn’t suppose to mean a 2 foot long stomp shear, meant to say 2 different foot shears. they are 52” and the other is 60” long. They labeled them as foot shears. I always knew them as a stomp shear. I kind of figured the same as you both. Not a whole lot of difference.
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