It turned out to be so lightly built and difficult to assemble that I abandoned the build half way through, it took me a couple of hours to dismantle what had taken me an awfully long time to get built, then a day to make up a complete pre nail wooden kit from 3x2 wood including five roof trusses, and a day to stand all that up and put the cladding from the kit onto that.
Weve now got a robust and tidy building that will withstand a good blow.
The point behind this epistle is, apart from dont buy one of those cheap garden or garage kits, is that I had some serious trimming of sheet metal to do, and tinsnips just did not cut it ( pun intended of course)
So I want off to the hardware store to find a metal cutting blade for the skilsaw, not a cutting disc for an angle grinder, this is a sawblade specific to sheet metalwork.
Found one, near enough a hundred bucks. That was enough of a shock that I had to go and browse in the aisle where all the toys are ( read, power tools, Im a sucker) to get my breath back.
I found there one of those "twinsaws" that are advertised as being able to cut almost anything, this was very similar to the Ozito brand one in this link http://www.bunnings.co.nz/ozito-1200w-125mm-corded-twin-cutter_p00318797 but was the very cheap Bunnings brand XU1 version. $65 . The saw blade went back on the rack., and I took the twinsaw home with me.
The thing cuts like a Samurai sword production line test dept. It cuts anything up to about 1/8in like butter, its not a high quality tool and I dont expect it to last forever but it pretty much paid for itself in an hours work.
I dont think Id buy this brand if I were serious, but the Ozito one is a reasonable deal and the quality is reasonable for a tool that is not in full time use.
A word of warning though, theyre not good for cutting wood, they are specifically built for sheet and light sections of metal.
Interesting tool though, useful.
John Welsford
