One of the guys on the metalmeet metal shapers forum made a great video discussing the proper use of tin snips that I thought you guys would find interesting. Definitely worth watching if you're doing metal repairs on your vans.
Proper Use Of Tin Snips.
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, Jan 09 2012 05:12 PM
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Posted 09 January 2012 - 05:12 PM
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65 E-100,,,240, 3 on the tree.......... Nickname "The Fish"
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Posted 09 January 2012 - 06:58 PM
Wow, I had no idea there was that much to tin snips ... very interesting.
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Posted 28 January 2012 - 02:22 PM
very nice video. I have been in HVAC field since 1970 doing tin/duct work even instructing classes, only wish he would have told about 3 more snips.
'Bulldog' aviation snips = a right hand pair with short jaws made for much thicker metal or folded metal like S slips or pittsburg/button lock machined edges that need notched.
'double cuts'= 1 pair of snips with both right and left jaws and an eighth inch jaw between for doing the cut he done with both pair but only leaving 1/8" waste (like for cotting an entire section of duct or plenum in half and being able to reattach it with S slips later.
"layout shears/flats= the longer jawed shears he talked about for making full length cuts as in bench duct layout work etc.
also if you do 'spring' the jaws by missuse as he showed, you just ruined an expensive tool and voided any warrenty. (if you borrowed them you just bought them) so thats why any good metal man wont loan his nice snips cause you dont want to know what real quality tin tools cost. (many times the harbor frieght junk price).
there are many more sheet metal tools for special job uses as well. I have I think all of them as it was part of my life long career.
thanks Roger for sharing this valuable info with the group. Mitch
'Bulldog' aviation snips = a right hand pair with short jaws made for much thicker metal or folded metal like S slips or pittsburg/button lock machined edges that need notched.
'double cuts'= 1 pair of snips with both right and left jaws and an eighth inch jaw between for doing the cut he done with both pair but only leaving 1/8" waste (like for cotting an entire section of duct or plenum in half and being able to reattach it with S slips later.
"layout shears/flats= the longer jawed shears he talked about for making full length cuts as in bench duct layout work etc.
also if you do 'spring' the jaws by missuse as he showed, you just ruined an expensive tool and voided any warrenty. (if you borrowed them you just bought them) so thats why any good metal man wont loan his nice snips cause you dont want to know what real quality tin tools cost. (many times the harbor frieght junk price).
there are many more sheet metal tools for special job uses as well. I have I think all of them as it was part of my life long career.
thanks Roger for sharing this valuable info with the group. Mitch
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