[Shop-talk] Air-powered nibbler at Horrible Freight

[Bill Gilroy]

A bit late but I have one of these
http://www.grizzly.com/products/Mini-sheet-Metal-Cutter/G9947 for cutting
sheet metal and it works well.  I used it all the time.  One of the best $20
purchases I have made in a long time.

-g



On 12/29/07, Randall <tr3driver at ca.rr.com> wrote:
>
> > Has anyone tried out one of these nibblers ?
> > http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=46061
> >
> > Does it really use that much air ?  Or did the ad writer goof
> > and quote the SCFM number ?
>
> Just wanted to report : I picked up the nibbler and used it; worked great
> for what I needed to do (which was to enlarge a 5" opening in an existing
> flat-sided air duct to 8").  Didn't try to measure the air consumption,
> but
> it must be a misprint; worked just fine with my little 110v 25 gal air
> compressor.  Seemed to use even less air than my "4 cfm" die grinder, so
> I'd
> guess maybe the number on HF's site was in SCFM.
>
> Thanks again to everyone who responded.
>
> Randall
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