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Noise is minimal so easy on the ears. This is the best thing since bubble gum. Light weight, easy to cut, no dust, who could ask for anthing more. If doing siding with concrete siding I highly recommend this little babe. This baby cuts through concrete siding like a hot knofe through butter. Angle cuts straight cuts with no dust.
and they fixed it fast. Obviously there was a defect. They had a new side knife here in less than 24 hours.
It worked great. I was very disappointed because the whole house is torn up and the job is stuck intil I get a new tool. I just bought one of these cement shears.
I explained this to the DeWalt Warranty people on their toll free line. Thanks DeWalt. but one of the side knives broke within the first half hour of use.
I was giving it very light usage, cutting 1/4 inch HardieBacker.
I read a few of the other reviews in which the tool was given a low rating and I'm skeptical because I've never had a Dewalt fail on me, in fact my 12 volt drill which gets used all the time and purchased in 1997 still has the same batteries. I helped my brother in the law several years ago do the Hardie Board siding on the main house and what a mess it was cutting with a circular saw, it was after that experience that I knew there had to be a better way to cutting Hardie board. A few years go by and my brother wants to do the siding on the back apartment so I started to do some research on alternatives to cutting Hardie Board and decided on the Dewalt Cement board shears and it was the best investment and NO DUST.
Well worth every penny. Highly recommend it. Great tool for a do-it-yourselfer. Produces little, to no dust.
By the way, I am only about 1/2 around the house at this point, so the 'heavy duty' name for this tool leaves me questioning. I'd rather pay extra for another one than keep going down this road. I assume this must break often, because it is way out of line with all of the other parts, so I feel like I would be getting gouged for the $.
First, I am sold on using the shears vs the circular saw because of the dust. But now part of the head called the 'eccentric' broke. I bought one of these to help me re-side the house.
On line the price is $68-$79 for this small piece. I have been a faithful DeWalt user, but this tool's performance had really disappointed me.For now, using a dusty saw in hot Florida. However, I have had three breakdowns on this shear, so I'm going to try another brand (maybe Pacific., but $$, but it has high ratings).
The bolts that held the head together broke several times and I was able to find bolts that fit at my local hardware store.
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