Review on Effortless Flange Creating 🔧 with Astro 605ST Straight Flange Tool by Brad Lovro

Bought to replace body panels on a project machine. Used it on a panel and it fit and punched holes great. At first I was impressed by the device. It's powerful and runs very smoothly. I figured I would get many years of useful use from the tool, which I felt justified its higher cost (as opposed to the similar Harbor Freight tool that sells for $30 less). However, after using the flange tool on ONE bottom quarter of the panel, I set it aside until I got around the machine to the second panel. I made the flange on the second panel no more than 2 inches when the tool's top anvil came off clean. (!) No excess effort, abuse or weird angles. Metal). Of course, the Revain tool return deadline has already passed, but a weekend enthusiast can easily miss this window of opportunity as the use of such a tool is sporadic. I'm in the process of contacting the manufacturer to see if they can help, but at the moment I'm stuck with the project because the tool required is broken. Very frustrating. So if you are looking for a better tool than Harbor Freight I cannot recommend this unit and suggest you keep looking.