Sheet Metal tools, Show me your Guillotines
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It's the handle you've gotta watch the weights are a long way up, well over my 5'8" but the handle will take my ear out badly if I'm not careful, the biggest risk is leaving the Ram up when doing a tool change, if it starts to fall under it's own weight which it will, it moves absolutely silently and that handle has all the force of a 20 pound hammer as well, so I use a bungee cord to loop around the handle and hold it back to the wall, if needed I can still pull a stroke with the bungee hooked up but it saves my ear and fingers when setting up so it is a valuable safety feature.

Once setup and when using it it is good practice to always have one hand on the handle, which is a very effective way of retaining your fingers and retain them in a functioning condition.

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Rick
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RE: Sheet Metal tools, Show me your Guillotines - by Rickabilly - 07-18-2012, 07:16 AM



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