Aviation snips, also called tin snips or compound snips (even though they are different), are the best hand tools for cutting sheets of metal. Cutting in a straight line with tin snips is easy.

Cutting metal flashing or sheet metal with tin snips need not be a bloody job, nor leave ragged, warped metal edges. A pair of leather gloves prevents bloodshed, and a few tips about the different ...

Several new industry developments are helping trade professionals take a new view at the architectural sheet metal industry. In our November 2019 issue of SNIPS, we dig deeper with the "architects" of ...

Cutting metal on a farm often used to involve either an oxy-acetylene torch, a hacksaw or tin snips. If a shop was “high-tech,” it might have a metal cutting bandsaw or abrasive-disk chop saw.

These snips successfully cut over eight miles of steel without fail and can handle over 500,000 cut cycles. That's enough to complete more than 700 new home HVAC system installations." The ...