Looking for some ideas. We go thru lots of 1/4" diameter mild steel rod/wire in the welding class, the instructor has them making several projects with it. I need a better option for cutting the stuff that is quick, accurate, easy, and safe. I bought one of these:
Klutch Plate Shear 12in. Blade Length | Metal Shears| Northern Tool + Equipment
It's actually a nice shear for cutting up to 1/4" plate and bar stock. It has that hole in the jaw above the cutter shear specifically for cutting round rod, but it turns out it's terrible for our application. You can't see where the cut is actually going to be, plus it badly deforms the rod when you cut it, it ends up with a bent end and a weird angle on it. Very crude.
So for now we're back to using bolt cutters, which is not a good solution. It's unstable and not safe, and really slow.
Any better options out there? So far my Googling hasn't turned up anything better.
Klutch Plate Shear 12in. Blade Length | Metal Shears| Northern Tool + Equipment
It's actually a nice shear for cutting up to 1/4" plate and bar stock. It has that hole in the jaw above the cutter shear specifically for cutting round rod, but it turns out it's terrible for our application. You can't see where the cut is actually going to be, plus it badly deforms the rod when you cut it, it ends up with a bent end and a weird angle on it. Very crude.
So for now we're back to using bolt cutters, which is not a good solution. It's unstable and not safe, and really slow.
Any better options out there? So far my Googling hasn't turned up anything better.
