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I've been using shears for about 4 weeks now on 5/16 x 8 1/4 Hardilap. This shear is worth the money. My husband is in the home repair business and has been residing a portion of a house. We have tilted the shears to the left and to the right and really haven't found that they always cut easy. By the way, when cutting fiber cement siding with a circular saw, diamond tooth or whatever, it helps to have an assistant blow the dust away with a leaf blower. Sometimes the shears seem to get stuck. I'm glad I had the resources to purchase them and try them.
I am not sure how they compare to other brands, although we read some test reports. Shears do reduce dust. I would definitely recommend owning a pair of shears if you are going to do a little bit of this kind of work. Sometimes they seem to crush the material.we discovered that pulling up on the handle made cutting easier, although this is when the worst crushing occurred. This may have to do with the nature of shears in general and not necessarily this brand. For the most part, cutting skill can be improved with a little patience. Dust has a tendency to find its way inside of respirators, no matter which type of respirator or mask that is used.
I am sure that a few may have other opinions.but my house went up quick and clean and messless thanks to these great shears. I am STUNNED at how clean they cut and they make almost no mess.
I am a person that believes that if you pay attention, that you can do most anything that you pay other people to do. I wanted to side my Modern Box shaped home with Hardiplank.
I am NOT a builder. They are GREAT.
I tried score and break and "the saw".(still can't breathe right) :-) I read about these shears and a light went off. I gotta try these.
I made a few bad measures and even cut the correct length while the board was already hung. Buy them.
A pass or two with a rasp cleans up the edge if needed. This shear works well and curls a 1/4-inch strip instead of creating dust. It sometimes smashes the edge of the fiber cement plank instead of a clean cut - not sure why this happens, I have been trying various methods of support to stop this. It actually cuts very quickly. I have only used it on 5/16-inch siding boards.
Upon recommendation I tried this brand and it is a true professional tool. I is so smooth and easy to use and is quiet and powerful. I highly recommend this tool over its competition.
Yes there are some curled cuttings to pick up, but the ease of cutting is worth the small inconvenience. Wow, I heard so many horror stories about cutting hardiplank. Then it occured to me that I can use this for hard board cement backing for tile work. This handy little device, though a little pricey, proved to be worth every penny. It makes cutting hardiplank downrigh boring and predictable. I wish I had this when I tiled the bathroom. Great product.
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