I guess, All Home/ Garage , Hobby-Farm, Metal Workshops, One must have. Good for cutting sheet metal up to 25 gauge mild steel. (Especially, yours Tin roofing new or repairs work, hobbies metal-works.)
Tin Snips, also know as shears, hand tools used to cut sheet metal , similar to scissor, except that scissor use for cutting papers, fabrics, some scissors are use for cutting meat, that's use for kitchen uses.
Theirs action are similar to Pliers, where using fulcrum as a leverage.
Compound-Action Snips, which use a compound leverage handle system to increase the mechanical advantage. Also known as Aviation Snips because they were developed to cut aluminum in the construction of aircraft. They can handle aluminium up to 18 gauge, mild steel up to 24 gauge or stainless steel up to 26 gauge
Duckbill-pattern snips, also known as trojan-pattern snips, have blades that taper down from the pivot to the tip of the blades. The blade edges are also bevelled to more easily cut curves and circles or shapes. They are a lighter duty snip that can only cut up to 25 gauge mild steel.
Red handle are generally use for Left-Hand cut- curve
Green Handle are generally use for Right Hand cut- curve
Hawk's-bill snips are used to cut small radii on the inside and outside of a circle. The shape of the blades allow for sharp turns without buckling the sheet metal. A common use is cutting holes in pipes.
Straight Cut Snip are generally use for straight cutting, very common to have.
So if you do need to cut yours metal sheet, Tin Roofing , you know what there are for. Thank you for dropping by at @bullionstackers , until next time. Tools Talk in WorkShop
