Harbor Freight 30 " 3in1 Shear/Press Brake/Slip Roll on sale for $200

Shrug..Ive got the grey version. Came from a shop that went over to Pexto as their needs increased. Works fine for me from the git go.

Considering how ham handed the guys in that shop were, I know they didnt spend any time fixing it up.

Gunner

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I'm just accustomed to anything in HF class of tool requiring dissembly, at the very least cleaning (chips out to of the bearings) and rewiring if it's electrical. This one's grey, too.

Now to find a notcher cheap.

This same item in the retail stores appears to have a different number:

I couldn't see any difference in the two, except that the "sale price" at the retail stores for the latter is now $280 (regularly $400). I took a printout of the $199 Web page for the 54427 to the local store today, and the manager sold me a 05907 for $199.

I've been kicking around the idea of buying one of these for quite a while. $100 off the regular price was the final nudge. I ordered one, hope it is as rust free as yours when it arrives (sometime in July, I expect, given HFs usual speedy shipping to this location).

Gary

Regularly $400, but $270 on sale at the retail stores now, seems like they have also had it for $240 on occasion in the past.

|Took them 4 days to get mine here. I was amazed. And it's 199 vs 399, |so that's more like 200 off, right? | |Gary Coffman wrote: |> On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 17:40:00 -0600, Rich Osman wrote: |> |>>The clearance ad says "Visible rust, needs cleaning but will not affect |>>function of machine." Mine came today and I pulled the top off the crate |>>expceting the worst. The only rust I can locate is on the metal banding |>>holding the crate together and the nails in the crate. The machine looks |>>fine. Now to tear it apart and rebuild it into something that functions. |>>

|>>It's their item 54427-0VGA |> |> |> I've been kicking around the idea of buying one of these for quite a while. |> $100 off the regular price was the final nudge. I ordered one, hope it is |> as rust free as yours when it arrives (sometime in July, I expect, given |> HFs usual speedy shipping to this location). |> |> Gary | |-- |mailto: snipped-for-privacy@Osman.com

|Rich Osman; POB 93167; Southlake, TX 76092 (Near DFW Airport) ARS: N1OZ | |If you receive something that says "Send this to everyone you know," | PLEASE pretend you don't know me. |

Rex in Fort Worth

Is the free freight deal still on?

Yes!

That, plus the $200 off, sealed this deal for me.

You'll pay tax, if applicable, plus a $5.95 handling charge, however, so in California the total is a little over $220, delivered.

Sale flyer price is usually $299. Sometimes there's a 10% discount on that.

Gary

Dumb question from a neophyte:

What a really need is a box and pan brake, but from what I see in the pictures, it doesn't appear that it has individual "fingers", but only one long bending surface. Am I correct? If so, am I correct that you really can't do "complex" bends with it?

If you look at the right side of the blade you can see the lines which form the individual fingers. The first section is all the way from the left, to just under the label. Then there are different sized short pieces.

It's spec'ed for 30" of 20 ga (max). Dos anybody have a feel for what that means for heavier gauge? E.g., how big/wide of a piece of 18 ga would it shear and/or bend? 16? Bob

No, there are assorted sizes (1", 2", 3", ...) that allow you to make any width from 1 inch to 30 inches in increments of 1 inch. For fractional widths, you simply space out some small gaps.

Interesting. While searching for dies, I came across 54427 and called. It was free shipping also, so I ordered on 27Jan04. Today I called to inquire on the status of the order. It is back ordered.

I reckon they need to get some more in that have some visible rust on them.

- Reed Raleigh. NC

They dragged one outside and started spraying salt water on it just as soon as they got your order. :-)

Gary