PacTool SS724 Snapper Shear Pro - Cutting Tool for Fiber Cement Board - Power Shears Professional Power Tools

Had been wondering if there was A tool that cut Hardie board without the crazy dust when using circular saw. Well this is It. What an absolute awesome tool. It cuts/shears concrete board literally like butter. With an minimal mess.So glad I purchased. It works like a dream.

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Set your drill to speed 2 in hammer drill mode and the nipper just eats through 1/2” hardie board. Faster cleanup, 90% less silica dust and less noise, it’s still not quiet but nothing like a circular saw blade screaming. Great great tool.

I'm doing a job where I have to cut a lot of fiber cement backer boards. I came across this tool and after watching many videos on YouTube showing how clean and easy the PacTool SS724 Snapper Shear Pro cuts through up to 1/2" thick Hardie board and other fiber cement boards. There were no videos showing it being used specifically on Durock fiber cement backer board. But since it said it works on fiber cement board I decided to purchase it.The tool is well built and feels of good quality in your hand. All the YouTube videos I watched showed the tool easily and cleanly cutting through Hardie and other cement boards ( but not Durock ) leaving just a clean strip of cement board ribbon behind.This is not true for Durock fiber cement board. I used the tool to cut through 1/2" Durock fiber cement board. The tool does easily go through the Durock but it is not cutting the Durock fiber cement board. It is crushing the cement board leaving a lot of crumbled pieces of cement board and debris all over the floor and the work piece.Knowing that I was cutting through fiber cement board I wasn't expecting a nice smooth clean cut to begin with. But I wasn't expecting it to be as bad as it was. The cut or more like crushed edge of the durock was jagged and had broken pieces and fiber mesh hanging off it. I had to removed the broken pieces and clean up the fiber mesh strands with a scissors. I can't see cutting anything but a straight line on Durock. Trying to cut a circle, curved or radius cuts will result in breaking chunks of it off. There was no nice clean 1/2" strip of ribbon coming off the tool like all the video showed.That being said the cut edge of the Durock will be good for the majority of the jobs where the backer board seams will be taped over with fiber mesh tape and a water proofing coating or thin set for tiles will be applied.I am satisfied with the quality of the tool and the tool did do what it was supposed to do but just a not as good a job on the Durock as I was expecting. The most important thing to mention is that it makes almost no dust when compared to using a circular saw or grinder. It does leave a lot of debris on the work surface and the floor. You should still wear a mask but no cement dust will be flying around the room getting on everything.

I really did not look forward to cutting several fibercement boards. Then I saw this contraption being promoted as the way to cut cement boards. I decided to buy it and giving it a shot.I only cut 1/4 inch boards. Do not know whether thicker boards do work the same. But man, am I happy I got this! Hooked this up to my 18 V drill, and a minute later I had a 4x8 board to size!!!! The first 6 inches look a bit rough. Then I put the drill on high speed and the cut was perfect. The amount of dust was minimal. It makes strings of maybe 1/8th of an inch, but dust, barely. Cement board cutting anxiety --> GONE.

Wish I had sooner

The item is good but it you planing to use it with battery power drill Don’t I mess up two of my drills it seem like it need a lot of power so my drills cost more than this accessories but well is what it is

Best tool I ever used for cutting hardie boardsNo dust and straight crisp edges