Hi everyone.
Since I'm just starting (got a bunch of tools off eBay, working on the practice kit), I was wondering if anyone had any opinions on air-powered or electric-powered metal shears vs the Right-Straight/Left-Straight hand shears called for by Van's Required Tools list. Would air shears be appropriate for fiddly bits like stiffeners or is that best suited for hand shears or a bandsaw? Would air shears be OK for general sheet metal and fab work on the RV? Pick up the hand shears anyway?
Sorry if this is a double post, it looks like these forums (fori? fora?) just changed formats recently and i'm not sure how to search the old ones.
thanks
-stjohn
RV7 N808FX (someday)
Since I'm just starting (got a bunch of tools off eBay, working on the practice kit), I was wondering if anyone had any opinions on air-powered or electric-powered metal shears vs the Right-Straight/Left-Straight hand shears called for by Van's Required Tools list. Would air shears be appropriate for fiddly bits like stiffeners or is that best suited for hand shears or a bandsaw? Would air shears be OK for general sheet metal and fab work on the RV? Pick up the hand shears anyway?
Sorry if this is a double post, it looks like these forums (fori? fora?) just changed formats recently and i'm not sure how to search the old ones.
thanks
-stjohn
RV7 N808FX (someday)