Not a Festool question by any stretch of the imagination, but perhaps someone here has some information for me on this topic.
Way back, I inherited an electric B&D Commercial (back when they were GOOD) sheet metal nibbler. It worked great. It had a rectangular punch & die that removed about a 3/8" wide RECTANGULAR chip. The die finally broke and I couldn't find a replacement, so it got tossed somewhere along the way.
Since then, I've had a few pneumatic nibblers that work fine, but they have a CIRCULAR punch & die and produce these little 1/4" SHARP quarter-moon chips that embed themselves in EVERYTHING...like shoe soles. Invariably, they get into the house and rugs....THEN get discovered by bare feet! Not a pleasent experience!
I don't do a whole lot sheet metal work, but when I do I really, REALLY, don't use the nibbler unless ABSOLUTELY necessary because of the situation described above (not to mention, the chips also get embedded into my MFT surface). What I am looking for is a nibbler that does NOT produce round chips, but rather rectangular chips like my old B&D.
Anyone know of a model that fits the bill (electric or pneumatic)? I already have a PC shear cutter, but that's doesn't work for small inside cuts. TIA!
- Pete
Way back, I inherited an electric B&D Commercial (back when they were GOOD) sheet metal nibbler. It worked great. It had a rectangular punch & die that removed about a 3/8" wide RECTANGULAR chip. The die finally broke and I couldn't find a replacement, so it got tossed somewhere along the way.
Since then, I've had a few pneumatic nibblers that work fine, but they have a CIRCULAR punch & die and produce these little 1/4" SHARP quarter-moon chips that embed themselves in EVERYTHING...like shoe soles. Invariably, they get into the house and rugs....THEN get discovered by bare feet! Not a pleasent experience!
I don't do a whole lot sheet metal work, but when I do I really, REALLY, don't use the nibbler unless ABSOLUTELY necessary because of the situation described above (not to mention, the chips also get embedded into my MFT surface). What I am looking for is a nibbler that does NOT produce round chips, but rather rectangular chips like my old B&D.
Anyone know of a model that fits the bill (electric or pneumatic)? I already have a PC shear cutter, but that's doesn't work for small inside cuts. TIA!
- Pete
