Am I SOL here?

Don't drill new holes in the new hardened blades, drill new holes in the Chinese shear.

Paul K. Dickman

You can drill through some _very_ hard materials with certain masonry drills. At work I sell Relton GRT series drills. They have a neutral rake angle (as opposed to severely negative, as with *normal* masonry drills). They're sold in yellow tubes. Not sure about other similar products though...

Do you know what your new blades are made out of? These drills can probably handle just about any tool steel (shear blades are usually in the low to mid

Regards,

Robin

Have you tried?

Gunner

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Hey Terry,

EDM them, or laser or water cut. But would it not be easier to do the holes in the shear back plate to match the holes in the new blade. Especially if you are trying to correct something.

Take care.'

Brian Laws>In my ongoing quest to make my imported 52" shear really handle 16 gauge

I'm going to drill the shear to match the blade. Thanks to all for your suggestions. Can't believe I didn't think of this myself.