Could anybody direct me in the right direction of a good quality battery operated and or 120 volt metal cutting sheer?
Thanks for any replies.

Troy I use 4.5 angle grinder with a diamond cutting blade installed for large cutting projects.There are a lot of good ones out there but I have used it so long and at very little expense out of pocket found it works for me and wear goggles while cutting.

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=91223

Blades
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=46152

Robb ,

No offense , just trying to offer some constructive criticism.

I cringe when I see someone buy a cheap tool. I have a friend who has one of those from Harbor Freight. He was using it one day to remove paint from a metal cart. The tool kept overheating and he would have to put it down every 10 minutes to let it cool off. A job that would have taken a couple hours was taking him all afternoon. After a few years of use the thing just gave up. He bought another one. The second one only lasted a year. He bought a third one that only lasted a month because he dropped it and the cheap plastic housing broke.

I was able to talk him into buying a Milwaukee. It was a bit costly at $150 or so , but it will be the last one he buys and he will be able to hand it down to his grandson.

His biggest regret was spending $29.95 three times which would have paid for half of the price of the Milwaukee.

You are as only as good as your tools. A good tool is an investment that will pay you back over many years.

I have had a Milwaukee metal shear for 15 years......used it almost every day when I roofed for 10 year.....Have never used it in ADC.....
I do not know if it will cut screen

I have 3 milwaukee shears. We cut 16ga. galv. after weld wire and vinyl coated wire regularly for vent screen work, chimney caps and exclusion wire jobs. Have had them for probably 17 yrs or more.Dont know what I did without them. No more sore hands and blisters from hand cutting pieces of wire. Not to mention the time savings. There is a tool lying on the ground to the left of my senior field technician Corey Berrish.

im sold. thanks MR. Jameson

Sweet! Thank you for the replies that is what I was looking for.

Best Regards
Troy Orr

Craig its three years old and never failed even once and had outlived other brand names over the years. I bought it because it was the only one in town when I had to a mobile home job skirting exclusion then and figured I would throw it away , maybe I have just been lucky.

I just looked at a pear at home depot that attaches to a drill you can use them with battery dills or power drill there only 49.95

Malco makes the turbo shear. it cost $50 or so and chucks into your cordless drill. VERY handy can easily be used on a ladder. Even cuts standard hardware cloth on an angle! try to do that with the harbor freight shear (which i also own and use for strait cuts at the shop) the portabillity of the turbo shear makes it invaluable to me. sealing triangle endvents is now a breeze i just screw the bottom in place and cut the angles with the shear from the ladder. definately a worthwhile investment http://www.malcoproducts.com/products/shears/ts1.asp

The Malco turbo shear got good reviews on Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002894R0/ref=...mp;linkCode=asn

I just bought a pair of Tool Shop electric shears at Menards for $45.00. Will have see how they hold up. They have a one year warrenty. I also got a replacement plan for $5.00 that covers them untill 06/26/11. So far they work very well.

I got the milwakee heavy duty 120 volt sheer for at the shop and a Malco power sheer for on site I wanted one to be portable to take up to gable vents and such to work off of a ladder. The Malco portable power sheer fits the bill perfectly. Thank for the input.