VEVOR Metal Stretcher Shrinker SS-16, Metal Shrinker Stretcher with a Hand-operated Lever, Manual Shrinker and Stretcher with Two Sets of Jaws, Sheet Metal Shrinker Stretcher Tool 8.5 Throat Depth

The media could not be loaded. The photos are right out of the box. Very poorly packaged. Lots of scratches etc. They would like you to think it’s a solid casting. It is not. Side frames welded together to the base, and small pieces between them barely welded at all. The inside of the “C” frame is just sheet metal tack welded at spots and then filled with what seems like plaster, and then painted over.The indentations of the sides look like cast into the body. They are actually filled with I believeSheet metal and plaster as well.The video shows how much flex the frame has while shrinking 20-22ga. galvanized sheet.And not getting a lot of shrink at all.Save your money and buy a good one.I’d return this but life got in the way of opening and testing it out and now it’s too late.Added-8/11/2022I’ve had some time to strip off the paint and plaster. (Yes, really was plaster hiding the imperfections!)This is a “tool” that is just tack welded together and then plastered all of the gaps to make it look solid.Beware - there are many companies selling items that look just like this one. For a lot more money too!Just a word of warning.I will re-weld all of this to make it better, but if I knew that would need to be done, I would have just made it myself.I would change my stars to no stars if I could.

All of the other terrible reviews are 100% spot on. Out of the box and try to use, it absolutely won’t work and you have to pay the shipping to return it. If you don’t mind tinkering with it then it actually ends up being on ok deal. I added a 3/8” shim between the handle and clamping jaws and now it works great. My plan is to make a new piece with the pivot hole in the correct spot so the shim isn’t needed. So add $10 in steel to the cost you still get a good working tool for a good price.

The parts on this are so poorly machined, they will never line up and will only damage your panels. It is also is so weak that you wouldn't be able to use anything larger than 22 gauge. I am sad I wasted my money on this.