Cutting Steel Sheet Tin Snips

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Cutting steel sheet tin snips.

Although very slowly snips will give you clean controlled cuts. The cheapest tool for cutting tin and sheet metal accurately is with a simple pair of aviation snips a tool that s also known as tin snips. It provides high resistance to tooth breakage and longer blade life. There are many kinds of tin snips like aviation snips that are named after their importance in the manufacturing of planes and other aircraft.

Even plastic car panel and wire cutting jobs can be done with a good pair of these hand metal cutters. Using tin snips for thin sheets. Long straight cuts are easier to make with large tin snips. Smooth edge high force sheet metal cutters.

They look like say gardening shears but they re intended to cut varying gauges of aluminum steel tin and even vinyl siding. Making detailed cuts with. Tin snips function like scissors for cutting metal panels. Make long strokes for long straight cuts.

This tin snip is 9 3 4 inches long with a 1 1 2 inch cut. Tough molybdenum steel in the grip makes it slip resistant. Wiss is a great brand for the tin snips category and one of the largest hand tool manufacturers in the world. Lift the cutoff strip and roll it to the side to prevent it from binding on the tin snips handle.

Straight cut tin snips whether you re cutting galvanized stainless steel or plastic corrugated sheets tin snips can handle it. Also known as aviation snips this cutter has a double hinge that provides high cutting force with low gripping pressure. This cutter has two blades that cut a 13 64 wide strip peel it back for smooth edges with little distortion. Open the cutters as wide as you can at the start of each stroke and make long smooth strokes.

Choose between red blue or yellow snips based on the cut direction. Wax your saw blade before cutting sheet metal.