How to use tins snips or aviation snips to cut sheet metal correctly

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In this video I demonstrate on how to properly use sheet metal tin snips, aka aviation snips. I show you the anatomy of tins snips, different products, and the correct way to hold and utilize your snips more efficiently and hassle free.
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[@christopherebie]

Guys like you really help out guys like me that don't do this all the time. Thanks.

[@r.blakehole932]

Thanks, for getting m,e out of a jam. Dangling atop a 10 ft ladder trying one handed to get a piece of metal roofing cut off with right handed tin snips. Wasn't working. I was making relief cuts, but at angles. Your instruction to make the relief cuts parallel saved me.

[@cymeriandesigns]

Bless you for making this. I'd be butchering a lot of sheet metal and probably bleeding a lot in the process of learning what you just taught me in a few minutes. Whatever effort it took, please know it's appreciated.

[@TheSheetMetalKid707]

Cymerian Designs Thanks!

[@TheSheetMetalKid707]

That is correct Jon, they are made with a "land" on them. The point I was trying to make is not to lean them past that land on the snips or otherwise you end up with rounded edges. Thank you for your input and clarifying my miss communication.

[@spacedefector]

Great video. Really appreciate the tip on how to avoid dimpling the metal. Keep up the good work.

[@Rayram555]

Thanks for your informative use of the sheet metal snips. It does require some skill to make the cuts correctly.

[@gregcole1795]

this dude is far and away the best, all his videos

[@TheSheetMetalKid707]

WOW! Thanks a lot!

[@1242chisox]

I never knew about not going all the way down. My old sheet metal teacher never told us about that. Thanks

[@TheSheetMetalKid707]

I leaves dimples, you can tell a difference now huh?

[@TheSheetMetalKid707]

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[@1242chisox]

Yes I can. I really like your videos, thanks.

[@bean4848]

I'm making side panels for a custom motorcycle and had no clue what to do with the sheet metal I got. I now know a lot more and can work safer from watching this video!

[@pswagner]

Wow, very helpful, to the point and concise. Information greatly appreciated. THANK YOU!

[@martymcfly88mph35]

Ahhhhh the dimple trick is really gonna help me, was wondering why I kept having that problem when cutting!! Thanks dude.

[@ronaldcach2779]

Man, am I glad I found your channel, you helped me greatly. THANKS FRIEND

[@steelosm]

Nice clear and well described and filmed instructional video. Well done. Really got a lot out of it. Cheers

[@TerriTangela]

I just started in the HVAC trade and was having issues with which way to hold the snips. I constantly over-think it and confused myself. So I stumbled across this here video and actually learned a lot more than I came for! Not cutting all the way down, proper use of green snips, the waste edge. I should really take more time to actually learn my tools. Thanks, sheet metal kid :D You've just earned yourself a subscriber! (And maybe more after I tell my class about this)

[@TheSheetMetalKid707]

Grashi Thanks for watching and I am really glad you learned a lot! Share on my friend!!!

[@ChrisLeeX]

This was incredibly helpful. Thank you.

[@TheSheetMetalKid707]

Chris Lee Thanks for watching!

[@Mary-ux4fk]

just started using these for metal roofing. great video!

[@michaelevans1838]

Thank you, you just saved me quite a bit of frustration and metal. I have a small project and you made my way easier.

[@TheSheetMetalKid707]

I am glad it helped Michael!

[@BetterAircraftFabric]

Nice informative video, Many Thanks for posting!

[@jrsmall0221]

Thanks for the video. It helped me figure out how to cut a HVAC vent in the ductwork in my basement.

[@Kobe29261]

Thanks dude! You guys do good work!

[@OttawaMikes]

Nice getting tips from a pro. Thanks

[@brianknight5907]

WOW, Thank you, very helpful!!

[@jimacheson4933]

Great video, thanks!

[@Legittkultch]

learning alot from this af

[@mrmosty5167]

So best pair for straight cuts? I'm gonna be cutting an old white sheet metal shelf to create strips for another project.

[@celinaflyguy]

very good info

[@MrALEG213]

Nice video

[@talon0863]

Thanks

[@starcross-wolf]

wish id learn this in school....my teacher never tuaght us and this is y i hate sheetmetal work. with this i learned alot

[@ivanuck]

How do I cut a straight line with the red or green ones???????????please answer anyone

[@daviewavie112]

I have a question. I'm new to sheet metal working and metalsmithing in general. I want to make a gong from scratch. It would be out of 18 guage nickel silver sheet metal. Its 0.04" thick. I found a distributor who sells nickel silver up in up to 24" wide sheets, they don't cut shapes and I'd need it to be a circle (preferably a 24" circle). Several tin snips on Home Depot state to rated at 18 guage steel sheet, do you think i should be fine cutting the silver nickel? If I'm just cutting a circle, do you recommend one the red or green? Or both? I'm righty.

[@TheSheetMetalKid707]

+David Stefanowicz Both snips should work

[@RanGer-498]

what guage was that sheet metal? and what's the largest guage to use with the snips you had? thxs

[@TheSheetMetalKid707]

That was probably 24 and its a task but i can cut through 20 and 18 gauge if its a straight thin line

[@evangelineherring5965]

What gauge is the metal you are demonstrating with?

[@TheSheetMetalKid707]

+Evangeline Herring 26 ga

[@intjonmiller]

I appreciate you posting this, but according to a Wiss training video I saw they ARE supposed to be used on an angle. Keeping the blades straight up-and-down is not correct. There is a flat part of the blade that should lay parallel to the metal. In my experience they cut much better by following that tip. (Personally I prefer the Milwaukee snips, and it's true there as well.) Of course going any further than that flat part, or even slightly past vertical in the wrong direction is an issue.

[@TheSheetMetalKid707]

How to use tins snips or aviation snips to cut sheet metal

[@walterkersting9922]

I can see how a lifetime of handling that material could do something to ones hearing.

[@TheSheetMetalKid707]

WHAT?!?!?! JK.... LOL

[@brooktyler9798]

Never tried the Malco snips..I prefer Midwest. Wiss are some of the worst.

[@TheSheetMetalKid707]

Brook Tyler I love the Malco's but haven't always. I still like Midwest as well!

[@markkrul3429]

Wiss are more for autobody trades.

[@jdniedner]

Doohickeys, I call them man eaters. And apprentices cut themselves 12 times a year, and their journeyman to a frustrating ammount

[@leeknivek]

we usually call them fish hooks