Last year I inquired looking for any information regarding a shear that I had acquired. Over the last 9 or so months I have been rebuilding it in my spare time & just wanted to share some pics of the finished unit. The main frame is painted, but everything else is powder coated. I cold blued the cross shafts & all the hardware & table top. I tried to find a close color match to one of original color options that was originally used back in 1941 when this was made. I'm quite proud of it & almost don't want to use it, but it works perfectly. I also put it on casters so it could be moved around as it weighs around 1200#. Bill
Nice machines need to be used and that'd be a good one to use. I really like the depth of the front 'table', I often do the measuring etc on the panel to shear right there on the front and that machine gives you plenty of space to work.
Beautiful. Now work the shit out of it! Those are useful as you can " slit" the sheet metal. Had one but had to let it go. Damn they built metalworking machinery well back in the day. Pexto, niagara,Beverly, hossfeld, who else am I forgetting. You got yourself a gem.
Thank you for the replies. Most people thought I was nuts for doing this. I love old machinery, and it feels good that this came out so well. Bill
I never realized how much I used my vintage Pexto until I literally gave it away when I had to move into a much smaller shop. Beautiful rehab, and I imagine you will enjoy using the heck out of it.
That's a gem. Great save and I'm sure it will work better and outlast any of the off shore shears that are so commonly seen today.
Everyone, Thank you for the responses. It's hard to believe that this was headed to the dump when I got ahold of it!
Very nice, the wheels look like a great update, moving that around and out of the way when not needed is a nice feature. Bob
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