Cutting Steel Sheet Tin Snips

Open the cutters as wide as you can at the start of each stroke and make long smooth strokes.

Cutting steel sheet tin snips. Wiss is a great brand for the tin snips category and one of the largest hand tool manufacturers in the world. Wax your saw blade before cutting sheet metal. Cutting straight lines with an electric saw. How to cut sheet metal method 1 of 4.

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. Making detailed cuts with.

They re also great for making small cuts and help you with detailed work. This tin snip is 9 3 4 inches long with a 1 1 2 inch cut. It provides high resistance to tooth breakage and longer blade life. 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.

There are many kinds of tin snips like aviation snips that are named after their importance in the manufacturing of planes and other aircraft. Make long strokes for long straight cuts. Lift the cutoff strip and roll it to the side to prevent it from binding on the tin snips handle. 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. Using tin snips for thin sheets. Long straight cuts are easier to make with large tin snips.

Smooth edge high force sheet metal cutters. Tough molybdenum steel in the grip makes it slip resistant.