ARO 6" pneumatic shear - up to 16 gauge steel - $175 OBO

[Pressingonward]

For sale is a neat little pneumatic metal cutting shear. Handles up to 6" wide 16 gauge mild steel.



Needs new hoses (hold air but cracked and likely to blow at any time) and a good cleaning/surface rust removal, but works great - ram shaft is perfect, blades are perfect, manual air solenoid moves easily and works great. Believe this is made in the USA, but cannot find a brand on anything other than the air cylinder to confirm. I have a video of it working I can email you.

$175 OBO plus shipping (expect it to be around $50 to ship, but will quote exactly when I get your address), or we could work out a trade. Local pickup near Vancouver, WA would also be an option.

I'd be interested in trading for:

• 8" lathe chuck, 3, 4, or 6 jaw, with plain back or 2 1/4 x 8 TPI mounting (or 60mm x 8 TPI which is what I really need)
• 10" face plate and dogs
• Collet closer for an MT-5 spindle to 5C collets
• 5C collets
• MT-2 live center
• Insertable parting tool 26-2 or 19-2 size
• Small insertable boring bars (less than 1/2", would like a 5"+ long one)
• Thread cutting lathe tooling (12" lathe - 3/4" toolholder shank or smaller)
• Quality metric taps
• Telescoping bore gauge set
• Dial test indicator and holder
• Other lathe or machinist stuff

 

[EmGo]

That thing is cool;. If I wuz still in the US I'd find you something to trade, for sure. You know you'd be using it all the time for all kinds of things.

 

[L Vanice]

I think that is a 6" Di-Acro N0. 1 shear with the air cylinder grafted on in place of the lever action parts. I do not know if it was built that way at Di-Acro or converted later, but my guess is that the cylinder is much newer than the shear. ARO is a pneumatic cylinder and air tool maker.

Depending on air supply pressure and cylinder area, the air shear might not be able to cut 16 ga. steel.

http://vintagemachinery.org/photoindex/detail.aspx?id=32744 Photos of a No. 1 shear

http://vintagemachinery.org/pubs/4049/26734.pdf 1952 manual, page 5 shows the No. 1 shear



Larry

 

[Pressingonward]

Larry,

I think you are correct that this is a Diacro shear (or a clone thereof - it does not have any name cast into it like those pictures show...but that could be something they did away with later) that has been converted to pneumatic! Thank you for the info!

While I was looking it over again I measured it and I can fit it in a large flat rate box, so shipping will be $22

 

[Pressingonward]

Price drop - $150 shipped

 

[nbk31hk]

What are the requirements? And is there a on off switch for the valve?

 

[L Vanice]

The valve has a roller cam follower which is not meant for hand operation. For safety, some other type of valve should be installed.

Larry

 

[Pressingonward]

Larry is correct - the valve needs something to actuate it. You could rig up a lever to actuate it, but a new valve might be easier. If I was putting this in a production facility I would add some sort of guard and/or a double switch that requires both hands to actuate for safety, but that's your call

I don't know what pressure is needed to cut 16 gauge. I wasn't willing to test it at over 40 PSI due to the super sketchy hoses...it cut duct sheet metal I had on hand (22 gauge?) at 40 psi.

 

[EmGo]

I'd put it on the desk, set the blades up for paper, and make it continuously cycle pretty fast. Then when someone came in with a bill I didn't like, or a stupid proposal, feed it through the chopper in front of their astonished faces

 

[WHHJR]

Price drop - $150 shipped

I'll take it. Send Name and address and I will send a check same day.

Thamks

William H Hall
300 Maple Ave.
Pewee Valley, KY 40056

It's next to Louisville, KY

 

[WHHJR]

The little beast arrived this morning. Well packed, no damage nor missing parts. I reassembled but cut the hoses so that I could easily make a test connection for down stroke only. It works fine. I will add a new valve and mount the shear at a later date. Thanks.

whhjr

 

[Pressingonward]

Glad to hear it arrived in good condition. Hope it works out well for you!