New Tool Day: Kett Power Shear

27 Jul 2024

Oh well, this orb keeps spinning and throws stuff at you some good, some well maybe not so good. I made a detour to the 25 cents shop to see if they had gotten in some more sockets. BTW they are only $5.00 each. that's about 75% off the truck, so what they are a little used. As I turned to go and pay up I think there were 3 of them, I saw what looked like an electric drill, but there was something familiar with the nose and no chuck. I was a power nibbler, a Kett KD-400 Power Shear, which will cut 18ga steel and 20 ga stainless. When I looked down at the price I was shocked, it was 33 bucks. I did not even check eBay! (later their cheap one was over 50 bucks and it looked roched!

Needless to say, it followed me home! I can put to good work on the sim. I am tired of cutting holes badly with the zip saw! I will put a pic up soon as well as the price tag!!

So here is a nice vid showing the tool off.

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shabaz over 1 year ago

Impressive, looks like a very clean cut from the video. I wouldn't have expected that if someone had described the tool to me.

I was looking for gardening snips for my mum, and noticed that there are motorized versions of those too. But, I couldn't see many (any) safety features, so I passed on that since elderly hands shake a bit. I think the manufacturers need to do a much better job with say sensors that detect where both hands are before actuating garden shears.
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beacon_dave over 1 year ago in reply to shabaz

"...But, I couldn't see many (any) safety features..."

Some do have safety features
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5gHz0pR3JY
but in some cases you have to remember to turn them on and then probably remove your PPE (gloves) to get them to work.

You could perhaps look at placing a momentary switch on the battery pack which means the second hand has to be away from the blade when pulling the trigger but then the trimmed piece can't be held and will drop to the ground. Also if you are on steps, then you can't hold onto the steps with your free hand.
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phoenixcomm over 1 year ago in reply to beacon_dave

beacon_dave what battery pack??? neat safe future.
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shabaz over 1 year ago in reply to beacon_dave

Not bad! Better than the few I saw on Amazon.

Maybe they thought, even if the glove is cut, eventually it will detect flesh : ) I went with mechanical scissor-shaped handle ones in the end, since there was just not enough information on the motorized ones that I saw.
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shabaz over 1 year ago in reply to beacon_dave

Not bad! Better than the few I saw on Amazon.

Maybe they thought, even if the glove is cut, eventually it will detect flesh : ) I went with mechanical scissor-shaped handle ones in the end, since there was just not enough information on the motorized ones that I saw.
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beacon_dave over 1 year ago in reply to shabaz

You probably wouldn't be cutting through glove on the other hand at the same time though.

Manually powered ones are probably a safer option. If you need any more cutting power than that, then garden loppers are probably a better option.
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