Cutting Steel Sheet Tin Snips

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

Cutting steel sheet tin snips. Making detailed cuts with. They re also great for making small cuts and help you with detailed work. Choose between red blue or yellow snips based on the cut direction. How to cut sheet metal method 1 of 4.

Tin snips function like scissors for cutting metal panels. There are many kinds of tin snips like aviation snips that are named after their importance in the manufacturing of planes and other aircraft. This cutter has two blades that cut a 13 64 wide strip peel it back for smooth edges with little distortion. Also known as aviation snips this cutter has a double hinge that provides high cutting force with low gripping pressure.

Cutting straight lines with an electric saw. Open the cutters as wide as you can at the start of each stroke and make long smooth strokes. Wiss is a great brand for the tin snips category and one of the largest hand tool manufacturers in the world. Straight cut tin snips whether you re cutting galvanized stainless steel or plastic corrugated sheets tin snips can handle it.

Make long strokes for long straight cuts. Long straight cuts are easier to make with large tin snips. 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. Using tin snips for thin sheets.

They look like say gardening shears but they re intended to cut varying gauges of aluminum steel tin and even vinyl siding. Although very slowly snips will give you clean controlled cuts. Tin snips can be used for crafting both metal artwork or corrugated roofing metals. Smooth edge high force sheet metal cutters.

Lift the cutoff strip and roll it to the side to prevent it from binding on the tin snips handle. Tough molybdenum steel in the grip makes it slip resistant.