The panel shaper is an air hammer driven set of three self lubricating nylon reinforced heads that allow the technician to easily access deep reach areas and badly deformed sheet metal surfaces to form.
Cutting sheet metal with air hammer.
Simply line up your chisel along the line you are going to cut and strike the back of it with a hammer.
It s many uses also includes cutting off rusty bolts and muffler clamps.
When you need to edge light sheet metal without stretch or distortion use this sheet metal trimmer and eliminate much of the touch up grinding that is necessary with other trimmers.
This tool has the exclusive oldforge curl cut.
A soft wood backer will allow for the chisel to pass through more easily by providing support for the metal.
While cutting slowly slice along a marked off line with the cut off wheel letting the air tool do the work.
Do not force it to cut faster as that will overheat the tool and the metal.
Make precise distortion free cuts in 14 gauge aluminum or sheet metal as thick as 16 gauge with this high speed cutter.
Panel shaper bit kit by steck.
Precise distortion free cuts in sheet metal as thick as 16 gauge.
One of the pneumatic nibblers worth considering is the astro pneumatic 727.
It works on up to 17 gauge cold rolled steel and will easily cut through sheet metal without deforming the edges.
This is not designed to be a panel cutter.
The air nibbler features a lightweight cast aluminum housing a polished finish a high speed steel cutter and a built in regulator for increased functionality.