Never heard of them, 'course that don't mean nothin. What are they - stomp, hydraulic, electric over hydraulic; how wide; has the blade been flipped over yet?
1048 = 10 gauge, 48" mechanical squaring shear. Electric - no hydraulic. Famco machine out of Wisconsin. Made in USA. No idea about blades but manufacturing date of 1986
2K would be a fair price. A new shear in that capacity is in the 10k range. Make sure the blades are good, replacements or sharpening if damage is sharpenable is spendy!
Famco still makes that model - a few minor design changes since 2000 but none between 86 to 2000. Transmission and back gauge. Same carriage same castings & No digital electronics or computers @ $ 57k new - yep fifty seven thousand dollars I was thinking along your numbers and then about fell outa my chair.
Idk where the 2k figure comes from ? ? I did find this > http://www.sterlingmachinery.com/li...at=Power+Squaring+(Gauge)+10+Gauge+~+20+Gauge And the cheapest is 18 gauge x 36" for 3,000. Here's the one I have, works as good as it looks. What don't have is the long support and squaring rail out the front. Those can be easily made.
Don't know how it is for you guys, but there are lots of used equipment dealers over here who will make an offer on anything like this. Unfortunately the stuff probably ends up in the Far East somewhere - but you might get an idea of its actual value if you ask one or two dealers? Worst thing here is that to install it in a factory it would probably need new safety guarding all round, and regular H&S inspections. And few people have large enough home shops for something that size.
A dealer can probably get $5000 for it because its clean and has a backgauge, but the typical dealer has a lot more exposure than an individual. I'd say an individual selling it would be looking at the $4000 range. One thing working against you is the fact that a 4' x 1/4" capacity shear can be bought in the used market for about the same $4K to $5K, so most general fabricators will opt for the heavier machine. The most likely customer would be a sheet metal shop looking to move up from a stomp shear because the tighter blade clearances on a 10ga shear will give cleaner cuts on 16ga and lighter material than a 1/4" one will. The other thing working against you is the fact that its a short shear. Shears 8ft to 10ft long will regularly bring 3 to 4 times what a 4 footer of the same capacity will bring, even though the difference in original price was nowhere near that much.
Hey skidmarks, I know the post was old, but just in case you come back on... I'm looking for a 10 ga. sheet metal shear. Have you seen any around lately? thanks,
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