Andy Report post Posted April 16, 2008 (edited) All, I recently sold my Hudson 20 Ton Clicker and have been in search of a smaller clicker while I am searching for a new home/shop. I have looked at a pile of used clickers, and had the chance to visit the folks at Bar Plate in Ct today (a short drive from VT/NH where I reside/work/sew). They stock the Lucris manual clicker and the Tippmanns. I had the opportunity to try both. For those who are looking at the Lucris read below. Lucris, superb machine, built well, STURDY! I wanted to see if this would suffice for my holsters and such, I did a worst case scenrio and grabbed a hide of my toughest, stiff 9/10+ Veg Tan and one of my larger (in linear inches) holster dies. With adjustment I could click through this leather. The clicker was maxed out with this leather, die and my 185 pound weight on the bar. This did cut, but it took a few strokes and some adjustment. My magazine pouch die (less inches) cut through in 3 pulls of the lever, not bad for this leather! I almost bought the Lucris but tried the 15 Ton Tippmann and had to have it....I do enough to warrant this purchase. If you are in NH/VT you are welcome to try/use it. NOTE: I have dealt with a bunch of people over the years in this (and other industries), the folks are Bar Plate went above and beyond the call of duty for me, showed me what I needed, held my hand with some stuff and were SUPERB to deal with. I cannot recommend them enough! They are here: http://www.barplate.com/machines.aspx Charlie and Monica were my sales/demo people and were WONDERFUL. (praise from me does not come easily!) Once again, I am SO impressed them I must pass this info on to our folks here. Contact for them: http://www.barplate.com/contact.aspx Do contact me with any questions on the clickers I tried and my experiences with the Lucris, Tippmann (and a host of others!). Andy Edited April 17, 2008 by Andy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy Report post Posted April 17, 2008 All, A few folks emailed about the linear inches of my dies and the Lucris manual press. The easiest to cut was a die with 22" of blade, 3 downward presses to move the platen over the entire surface was all that was needed. Good press, I was suprised that it did it on this leather (very stiff veg tan). The harder to cut was a holster die with 33"+ inches, a bit too much for it, but it cut it! Andy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steadybrook Report post Posted March 10, 2010 All, A few folks emailed about the linear inches of my dies and the Lucris manual press. The easiest to cut was a die with 22" of blade, 3 downward presses to move the platen over the entire surface was all that was needed. Good press, I was suprised that it did it on this leather (very stiff veg tan). The harder to cut was a holster die with 33"+ inches, a bit too much for it, but it cut it! Andy Andy do you find the tippman is slow? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
