Att: Chad Austin and other roofing folk...

[K_Josh87]

http://www.homedepot.com/Tools-Hardware-...51#.UI8m7oaPWSo

I do not know if this will work or not, But, this is a tool we picked up and tried out and where very impressed with thus far... it is a rigid roofing material cutter. Very impressed...

[CAMAN]

Or if you already have an air powered reciprocating saw (that's all this tool really is), you could just buy the curved blades (3 for $8) at HD and go at it.

[K_Josh87]

i don't think the blades would fit into a recip and I think the stroke maybe to long... but its a possibility... but it would be much heavier and bulky to handle...

[CAMAN]

I'm talking about the air powered reciprocating saws used in body shops and such. Not the big bulky sawzalls.

[K_Josh87]

Oh I suppose... I guess I have never used one... i imagine they may be had cheaper eh?

[CAMAN]

Some can be found cheaper, but most are around the same price as the Ridgid. I was more mentioning it incase someone already had the saw.

[Surface Tension]

I don't know if it could replace my hook blade but if I had 20'+ x 4 of gable end to trim

I'd give that thing a try.

[chad austin]

I doubt this is replacing anyone's hook blade but I'm sure it has its place. 1 of my crews has one of these and really likes it while another has tried it and brought it back. I personally haven't tried one yet but may give it a shot and see if I like it.

Josh, Is the opening on the hook bigger than a standard blade? If so these could be really nice for cutting some of the thicker lifetime designer shingles.

P.S. You must have landed a GAF job and need something more than a regular utility knife blade (that's what we use to cut O.C.) just kidding, thanks for lookin out.

[K_Josh87]

yes it is much greater in size... The key to it is to have a large enough compressor to keep the CFMS up, and also to let the tool do the work, do not force it...It's much easier to keep it straight and follow the d edge once you figure the tool out than a hook blade... but warm shingles cut nice with a hook blade, but this makes cold shingles cut like butter... My Guys liked it a lot... I wish I could load the video I have of it...

I have seen a video of it on you tube cutting the wild run ends all at once... so actually cutting 4 laminations at a time... I would like to try this on our next roof, But it may be spring before we do another shingled roof...

PS, Alls I gotta do is look at them GAF shingles to get them to fall off! Haha!!! Actually seen some of GAFs high end shingles go on a roof, and was pretty impressed with them, they are the ones that have a different pattern to lay down...

[dougger222]

My dad had a guy years ago show up to his site with a shingle eater sheers for $300. He had a nice little display in the back of his truck and showed him how it worked. My dad simply said, "works good down here but won't work up there".

Perhaps on gable cuts but not on tin courses or in valleys.

We did a 65sq Landmark TL job with 420ft of ridge and 320ft of valley in the middle of Winter and used a skill saw to cut everything, worked pretty good.