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Old 06-15-2018, 09:19 PM
Essexmetal Essexmetal is offline
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John, a Marchant, air or kick is a better machine than an Erco 1447. The adjustment wheel is a great feature. But as pointed out the Marchant 12A does not creep up on something. You can wind back the adjustment and lighten the pressure on the dies but eventually they get to the point where they slide. The only downside of 1447's when they have been used a lot is that with heavy wear you end up having to kick way into the machine to get it to shrink. Easy to shim the function back.



If you ever plan to take an Erco apart note that the pivot pins are locked in their bores with set screws. The catch is that there is a locking set screw on top of the pin retention set screw.
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