Genesis Electric Metal Cutting Shear 4 Amp 14-Gauge Swivel-Head Variable-Speed (GES40)

This is not a professional tool but does the job. It's priced as a diy tool and this is what it is. That's why will give it 5 stars.

OK, guess what? This makes crosscutting 2" oval corrugated roofing a breeze. Worth the price for just this one job. Tool comes from Genesis brand from a company called Richpower Industries in Williamston SC. The given address is a small warehouse building in an industrial park with no signage. Comes with a real American-English set of easy read instructions. No real learning curve here. Just pull the trigger and off you go. 5 Stars. It is important to have the metal secured somehow to maintain control of the tool, especially on the corrugated roofing. My roofing was in place and the tool easily cut through two thicknesses where the panels overlapped.

PRO: What I like is that will cut 14ga per the ad. I have only used it so far on hardware cloth. Works sorta well. Cons: Heavy, after a few minutes use, fatigue will set in. Bottom cutting jaw reciprocates and top jaw is fixed. When trying to cut something on a table surface, you cannot rest the tool on that surface or it'll bounce with each reciprocating cycle. This makes it difficult to cut screen or chicken wire with large hole spacing. Cutting hardware cloth will leave little 1/4" fragments due to the dual cutting blade setup.

I looked at shears at local stores and they were all big, heavy and expensive. I wanted a smaller/lighter weight version and found it with these Genesis shears. They work just fine for cutting metal roofing. I use them anytime I am cutting metal/tin for craft projects too. You can cut straight lines and around curves. I used them to cut out metal blades for wind spinners and found that I could cut straight lines quickly and then use my hand snips/shears to cut around tight curves. The price is very good for these compared to name brands and they work just as good.

I had just one cut to make with this and it worked great. The cut was 36 feet long though and would have been terrible with hand shears. I won't use this a lot but when I need it I have it! And it's inexpensive!

It worked faster than I thought it would. I had to cut up an old appliance to get it out the door and it chopped it right up. I was worried if it could cut the thick sheet metal but it did. It was not able to cut through the double layer of sheet metal at the splices or welds, but other than that, it zipped right through. Quiet, fast and minimal dust.

On the box (and in the description I didn't read before ordering) it is only "rated" for up to 18 gauge steel. The 14 gauge is for aluminum. The "swivel head" is a joke, but I'm not sure how useful it would be even if it was easier. The brand sticker was upside down on the housing. Not a big deal, but does raise questions about their quality control. I was admittedly abusing the tool (cutting around the bend of some 16 gauge steel) when I broke the blade. It managed the flat parts fine, despite only being rated for 18 gauge. The blades look common to other shears, and the rest of the tool seems robust enough for as much as I will need it. It's cheap enough to pay for itself in a single use, and that's a good thing. You get what you pay for. I don't like the idea of disposable tools, but I'm okay with blades as consumables (especially when it's my fault that they break).

Not really easy to start cutting, but once started it is like cutting butter

La relación calidad, precio y eficiencia es muy alta, corta la lámina calibre 18 como mantequilla, y no deforma la lámina aun en calibres más delgados. Tengo apenas unas semanas usándolo y hasta ahora todo bien, estoy haciendo unas puertas de tambor con lámina calibre 18 y con esto he mejorado mi tiempo.. Logicamente esto requiere de práctica y tener buen pulso para hacer cortes rectos y largos, pero cada vez lo hago mejo..Lo recomiendo

Excellent

Una herramienta que me parece muy resistente, la probé con láminas calibres 20 y 19 (entre 0.90 y 1.1 mm de espesor y los cortó perfectamente, desafortunadamente no probé otros calibres, pero por la facilidad con que cortó los que comento, podría utilizarse tal como dice la publicación hasta 1.51 mm de espesor. En resúmen una herramienta de mucha ayuda, que con los cuidados necesarios puede durar mucho tiempo.

Nice clean cuts and fast too

La compré para hacer unas puertas recubiertas de lámina cal 18. Y la corta muy bien. No creo sea para uso super rudo (industrial) pero para cosas sencillas funciona muy bien. No sé cuando le dure el filo. Ya veremos.