Cutting Steel Sheet Tin Snips

It provides high resistance to tooth breakage and longer blade life.

Cutting steel sheet tin snips.

This cutter has two blades that cut a 13 64 wide strip peel it back for smooth edges with little distortion. Tough molybdenum steel in the grip makes it slip resistant. How to cut sheet metal method 1 of 4. Choose between red blue or yellow snips based on the cut direction.

Tin snips can be used for crafting both metal artwork or corrugated roofing metals. Open the cutters as wide as you can at the start of each stroke and make long smooth strokes. Wax your saw blade before cutting sheet metal. Tin snips function like scissors for cutting metal panels.

Although very slowly snips will give you clean controlled cuts. Wiss is a great brand for the tin snips category and one of the largest hand tool manufacturers in the world. Making detailed cuts with. 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.

Also known as aviation snips this cutter has a double hinge that provides high cutting force with low gripping pressure. Smooth edge high force sheet metal cutters. Even plastic car panel and wire cutting jobs can be done with a good pair of these hand metal cutters. Straight cut tin snips whether you re cutting galvanized stainless steel or plastic corrugated sheets tin snips can handle it.

They look like say gardening shears but they re intended to cut varying gauges of aluminum steel tin and even vinyl siding. Make long strokes for long straight cuts. This tin snip is 9 3 4 inches long with a 1 1 2 inch cut. They re also great for making small cuts and help you with detailed work.

Long straight cuts are easier to make with large tin snips. There are many kinds of tin snips like aviation snips that are named after their importance in the manufacturing of planes and other aircraft.