MACHINE SHOP TIPS

[@RayClosel-hf6cx]

Excellent videos and a joy to watch here in 2023! In high school I was a petrol head and metal work bored me a little, here I am today totally engaged in sheet metal work. Cheers from Western Australia Mr Pete 222!

[@mrpete222]

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[@jayphilipwilliams]

Lyle, I don't know if this has occurred to you, but I believe that long after you're dead and gone, thousands and thousands will still be learning of the history of tools from your videos. I think that's wonderful and salute you for all the time you spend sharing your knowledge. Thanks, Jay

[@mrpete222]

Thanks for watching & I hope you are right

[@philippelupien6276]

Mr Pete, watching these videos is pure relaxation for the mind afflicted with curiosity. Thank you for all the trouble you are giving yourself. It I not waisted!

[@mrpete222]

Glad you like them!

[@philippelupien9507]

mrpete222 Let me wish you and your generous scissor owning wife a better 2021!

[@feathers352]

I can't begin to tell how much I enjoy seeing all this sheet metal cutting info. When I started making magic props, I had to teach myself how to layout patterns, cut the metal, roll and wire the edges and show one. I hunted old time school textbooks to teach many of the techniques. I make and roll all my own tapered cones with wired edges. If you think galvinized sheet metal is tough and sharp to work with, try doing it on embossed stainless steel. The tools of the 1930's still work fine. Sometimes, you can afford to buy to computor layout and cutting tools. Thanks so much for passing this along. My work would have been so much easier had I taken a couple of shop classes from you in high school but who knew what turn my life was going to take.

[@mrpete222]

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[@keithcline6954]

I like many of the people watching your videos want to Thank You for all that you have taught us. My favorite class was shop and I should have paid more attention because I only remember bits and pieces of some of the things the teacher taught. and I have to go and watch videos or do a lot of reading to refresh my memory. Thanks again

[@tomshandytools3115]

Mr. Peterson, I wish if I had you as a teacher back in high school. You and your videos are my endless inspiration and source of new ideas. I have a small shop here at my house and I always learn something new from you. I have found a lot of answers for many problems here watching your videos. Greetings from Serbia. Tomislav

[@mrpete222]

Hello from the USA. Keep watching

[@chalkystring]

This video is so entertaining AND educational! You're the Andy Rooney of tools, and I mean that in the most complimentary way.

[@mrpete222]

Thank you, that is why I am starting to call my videos edutainment.

[@breeze787]

Hey I needed to watch this before I decided to cut a 4" duct hole in my dryer with metal hand shears. In the end I ordered a Lnchett double head sheet nibbler that hooks up to an electric drill. That electric nibbler was easy to use and I was able to follow my cut line so that I wound up with a really nice 4" round hole that fit my duct hose in the 1st attempt. Thanks for putting this up it this is really important content for us do-it-yourselfer home owners.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@dougspair]

That narrow notcher at 14:00 is often used for making round tube/collar to sheet connections, You bend every other 'leaf' at 90, then stick it through the round hole in sheet, then bend over the other leaf/s. 'LockFormer' makes a power unit that does this stuff too. My last job was Plant Maintenance at a HVAC shop, I saw lots of stuff like you have here. Roper/Whitney still around, merged with PEXTO and makes some big CNC power press brake/shear stuff now. Thanks for the effort you put into these free on-line videos! I'm 66 and still like learning something new at least once a day.

[@aliposhtpazan2625]

God bless you for sharing your experience and introducing tools with us. Very interesting especially the old tools one

[@hankus253]

Thanks for the info on the Adel nibbler. I have used one for over 40 years and never knew, until now, that I could get a replacement cutter for it. It could use one. BTW they are greatest for square holes, after first drilling a 7/16" access hole.

[@redmangas2012]

Dear Sir, I enjoyed your videos part 1 & 2. I know i feel a little smarter after watching. I will seek more and continue watching. Thank you for sharing.

[@mrpete222]

Thank you for watching

[@outsidescrewball]

Pete... I saw blood when you were at the vise!!...LOL Thank you regarding the comment on the coping saw... I thought it was me....I needed that comment 40 years ago!

[@derekspender7948]

That first tool you demonstrated. We used to use something similar for opening up oil drums. It is very quick and efficient. I actually made my own using a broken spring leaf from a car.

[@larryeddington9170]

You displayed a pair of aviation shears that had rubber black handles and you had never used them nor knew the brand. They were produced by a company called LeverSnips and are most excellent for a tinman. They are pantented. I used only the black handle one for years in duct work. They came in right and left hand version and could could accurately and easily cut square internal corners or right or left curves. I hunted them down a while back and now have 3 pairs of each direction. They work like magic.😊 By the way their name is printed on inner side of the rubber grip.

[@OttoJuJu]

Another great video. BTW, the last tool shown in part 1 (which has comments disabled) is a pair of "offset" aviation snips. They are designed to have your hand travel safely a couple of inches above the sheet metal, rather than directly in the path of the sharp just-cut pieces. Also the flat blades minimize deflection of the cut piece.

[@stefantrethan]

I'm glad to finally see you making a video where I know more than you do! That Kepro shear is for printed circuit boards, and the two shears you disregarded in the first video are offset shears. Pretty much the only type of shear I care to use because both sides of the cut sheet stay underneath the handles, the joint doesn't get in the way curling the metal, and you can cut right through large sheets with ease. Agree on not ever cutting round stock. I could punch people.....

[@starforged]

On my Beverly I bolted it to a 2"x8" board two feet long. I can use it on the floor or bench and I can hang it on the wall to store it out of the way. I use two pieces of aluminum to hold a thin piece when milling sheet metal like on glue spray nozzles gaskets. Great video and thanks for sharing!!!

[@mrpete222]

Thanks for watching. I need to mount mine on a board like that

[@Keith_Ward]

I have not seen a pair of pinking shears for a while but I know they were primarily for folks who sew to keep material from unraveling. Not sure, but maybe they could be used on fiberglass matting as well? I was always fascinated by the blades as a kid.

[@fall22123]

You should do a video on shop-made tools. Every machinist will eventually have some if they are in the trade long enough. A few examples I have are a tap guide, tap wrench, cheater bar...by far the ones I use the most often are the cheater bar and a handle for counter sinks and de-burring tools. Some people ask why I use the cheater bar so much. It isn't to get bolts extra tight. It is because it requires much less effort to tighten and loosen bolts.

[@tropifiori]

I have Grandfathers tin snips and shears . They are Wiss. He lived in Patterson NJ near the Wiss factory. He was a plasterer and would make custom trowels for making mouldings.

[@mrpete222]

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[@oldsilkhat7893]

Lyle, those 9X Wiss hand shears are basically hand a held Beverly Shear. In my opinion if properly sharpened one of the most useful in the shop.

[@darkobul1]

Thank you for great video. I am having problem cutting stainless steel sheet metal with clean edge and small cut out peaces (2x3 inch). I want to use them to engrave names and designs on it with my CNC machine. Problem I have with what I have tried is that edge gets bended and for mirror finish I need it cant be fixed once its bended. I guess I will need to get something with long edge like Plate Shear - 5" from grizzly. Will that do the job with stainless steel? Thanks

[@lodhiautos9761]

It is a great deal of learning from your videos. Thanks mrpete222.

[@mrpete222]

Thank you

[@PickingDude]

Most of us sheetmetal workers use a screwdriver in place of tool #1 as long as it's not to flimsy material you use the edge of the flat to start the hole. Also.......you can cut a "V" into the screwdriver blade and it will hook on the cutting edge and not slip off and you can cut the hell out of stuff that way fast. One of my favorite tools is my 6" Metabo. Basically a heavy duty angle grinder that uses cutting discs. You could cut a car in half with one if you had to. I have 2 pr of electric double cuts and a plasma as well. Damn im ready to go to the shop now lol.

[@PickingDude]

Another notable tool is a unibit in which I have all sizes. I call the xmas tree bits.

[@mikeadrover5173]

As always, thanks’ for taking the time to make this video and years of wisdom and knowledge that you pass on! And I support this site. ~M~ THANKS

[@not2fast4u2c]

I think I knew Beverly Shear . She was a cut above the rest... Thanks for the lessons . I would have cut myself back in Part 1

[@jamcat62]

If you haven't tossed the jeweler's saw, send it to me! :D I've also used a sharp pizza cutter (wheel) for cutting shim stock. (0.005" or thinner)

[@darkobul1]

I got my self pneumatic shear tool and worked great on stainless steel sheet. I guess any would work if it is sharp. Thank you again.

[@NOBOX7]

do you have any videos on getting metal plates to flatten out, ive bin pounding on metal with a hammer to do it even tried heating up to 500 deg and smashing a stack of them in a vice but still have warped plates

[@girliedog]

Very complete and well done review.

[@daque1960]

Kepro is (was?) a company that made equipment to make printed circuit boards at home or for small manufactures making elctroinics . That is a shear used to cut copper clad printed circuit boards.

[@LynxSnowCat]

I rembember having to share (what I think was) an idential Kepro shear at the school I was attending. I am told that when the handle was swung the wrong way (full travel) it would cause the leveraction to lock up, requiring dis-/re-assembly to correct. I've never witnessed it in the locked condition, but the instructor took it to bits practically every other day until it was bolted to a counter such that someone would need to be standing on it to move the handle the wrong way.

[@Keith_Ward]

Yep, that's what it was for. Kepro made some fine tools for circuit board work. They had a matching bench-top sheet metal brake as well that used the same frame as the shear.

[@faainspector9699]

You are the ultimate metal guru...........my highest guru..

[@mrpete222]

Thank you very much, that is a very high compliment

[@sivalley]

Those notching shears; 90 for when you are forming square pans or need edge clearances before brake bending, little narrow notcher is definitely for ductwork. Take sheet steel tube duct and notch the tail, bend half the fingers out to form a stop and shove it into the mating hole, and then bend the remaining fingers out against the inner wall to make a gapless takeoff. Not many installers are willing to or know how to make all their ducting fittings on site any more.

[@klmartin1962]

I have seen old roofers use guitar string or piano wire to cut sheet metal and flashing for roofing. I have never done it myself, but they made it look easy.

[@harrieaerts3298]

Interesting, can you please explain this a little more detailed?

[@klmartin1962]

Harrie Aerts Yes. They would place a 1x4 where they wanted to cut. On one end, a piece of said wire was attached, this was placed on the end closed to the person cutting the tin. The string was then run under the metal to the other end of the cut. So, to clarify, the piece of wood was on top along the path of the cut, with the string attached to the end closest to the person cutting the metal. The string was run under the sheet metal to the other end and back up and over the top. The string was usually attached to a stick or handle of some type. The far side of the sheet metal begins to be cut when the person pulls on the string. the wood along the top serves two purposes, it guides the string, and keeps the sheet metal from folding up, thus forcing it to be cut. They can do this with amazing speed, and make cuts at any angle. It is amazing to see.

[@harrieaerts3298]

klmartin1962 Lovely!!! A good friend is a guitar player, and I'm really going to try this. It's really such a trick only craftsmen do know, because no school ever teaches this. Thanks a lot for this comment!

[@junglejammer1]

The smaller notcher is for making a curved mounting flange. Say you wanted to join a piece of round duct, to the side of a square duct or plenum. Cut the notches to a line and bend them outward. You could also, make the notches on a flat sheet, bend a 90* flange across the bottom of the notches and then, form the sheet over a curves edge say, if you were making a guard, over a set of pulleys. Your rivets or screws, would go into the tabs.

[@dgarvoille]

Great video. Thank you! (I know what a pinking shear is. Your wife should be proud of me.)

[@tomharrell1954]

Hi on the part one the snips that were broken and welded that you said you did not know what the specialty they did are for cutting sections of stove pipe or heater pipe. the crimp will form an insert to allow the sections of pipe together.. The snips make a grove to fold the piece over and put together.

[@lastmanstandingwtsht]

I have watched all your videos and enjoy your humor,so its my guess you have already replaced the handle. LOL

[@bikingmnviking3801]

The 3-6 dollar"Incredi-Scissors" available at Walgreens will cut through a buffalo nickel. Just be aware that it may fling across the room and hit your family member in the glasses which actually happened to me the one time I did it. But they work excellently on sheet metal. I've got three of them. They're also serrated on one blade so they hold the material and of course are designed after the paramedics scissors used usually on jeans or leather so they also have a safety point so as not to cut the patient.

[@guye7763]

An old bloke I used to work with would scribe corrugated iron with the tip tooth of his carpenters saw. He was a carpenter so he knew the Distan was important and a schukem choocher. Well after scribing that just once he could crack it clean as a whistle. It was not easy to learn as the scribe had to be perfect but he would use a new sheet or a long run etc. Mind you my father in law used to plat whips.

[@mrpete222]

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[@joedell71]

Wow your tool collection is so amazing. Is there any kind of tool you DON"T have tubalcain? You should think about starting a tool museum.

[@MrJayDotKay]

What's the name of the first tool? I fit air ventilation and would like to purchase one Thanks

[@dougspair]

I bought a bunch of welding stuff years ago. In there was a Beverly shear that cuts 1/4" X 4" steel, thing must weigh 200 pounds, needs to be bolted to a very heavy bench.

[@jeffmoss26]

Excellent video!!

[@522alien]

i need to cut sheet metal about 5mm thick will metal shears be enough ?

[@siouxsettewerks]

Hey, if you throw that jeweller saw, throw it into someone's way, it just needs some tlc, rehandling it is easy... I wont propose myself as the one this tool should be thrown at, shipping it to France might not be cheap, but hey, give it to some kid! (by the way, try rubbing some beeswax on it's blade, it might help (and support the sheet metal closer to the V, idealy in the round notch at the end of the V) (or as many jewellers do, cut directly into the wood, just be careful when releasing it from the kerf while done, support and a careful attention to the angle your sawing at are key!) Ah, and it's funny to see a Facom hacksaw your side of the Atlantic, they made quite decent quality tools (they still do on some of their range of tools) I wonder how many other frenchmen watch your videos, but I most definitely enjoy them!

[@philippelupien6276]

Moi je les regarde!

[@johnm9171]

My wife heard you instruct us to "...get your wife's best sewing scissors.." and now I can't find hers.

[@w056007568]

It may interest you to know that some use a group of 10 notching shears, each with different shapes, to punch 1/4" shapes into the edges of farm animals ears (mainly pigs) for identification purposes. By using a coded layout of left and right ears and leading / trailing edges you can individually number animals 0000 -9999. This might seem odd but it is much better than ear tags that get caught up in obstacles or fences and ripped out of the ear or bitten by another animal and are easily visible to the stockperson. Passive electronic identification chips are not the whole answer to this problem as you have to get very close to the animal with a digital reader.

[@yanwo2359]

Wife's toothbrush, bracelet, best sewing shears, and blue pillowcase. What's next?

[@axnbjsbdudbydvydubu9355]

I don't know who are those stupid people who dislike your videos, but I'll tell them one thing .. " learn something you morons !! ". Thank you Mr. Pete. whenever, I want to find an answer for a problem with metal. I come to your channel. indeed some tools I wouldn't have known about in my entire life if I didn't watch your videos.

[@mrpete222]

Thank you very much. There are many morons in this world

[@youtubasoarus]

Good stuff. Couldn't you just use some apoxy on the handle of that one tool?

[@GrussimoGarage]

Your wifes best scissors.....now that's funny. Pinking shears, remember my mother using them...

[@MIGASHOORAY]

I always wanted the electric shears trouble is around $400.00 to own one in Australia.cheers

[@ryebis]

Double cutting shears are Jilson shears I think. Not cheap but good value for money.

[@mrpete222]

Yes

[@StuHo1mez]

pinking shears are made and sold allover the UK best brand is Fiskars, dont throw the saw, just make a new handle :)

[@poozandweeez]

facom is an awesome brand beautiful spanners even more so than snap on imo

[@messenger8279]

I always thought ferrous metals were those that contained carbon. Even in tiny quantities. Mild steel has a tiny carbon content. Iron is a metal that has a high carbon content. I stand corrected Mr pete I always learn something when I watch your videos :-)

[@philippelupien6276]

In French Ferrous metal is metaux ferreux with means it contains fer (iron)

[@icezen87]

hello..i wanna learn how to make perfect square holes (any sizes) in metal sheets

[@benpress8884]

Coping saws work great for their intended purpose!

[@petethewrist]

nice video...

[@josephprouse8146]

You can deadhead with pinking shears

[@mrpete222]

Yes

[@michaelsrowland]

At 1.20 who is the manufacturer

[@TheTimeSpiders]

kepro tool was for cutting copper clad circuit board

[@AtPeacePiece]

[@Intellibear-Evan]

We cut brass sheet on the table saw.

[@mrpete222]

Good idea

[@PickingDude]

Sheetmetal trick of the day.....cut a small xmas tree out sheetmetal say 6" long or so then stick it in your favorite jackasses rear pocket. The edges will make it nearly impossible to get out. If you have a mouthy apprentice you and your buddy can pick him up and set him on a break and clamp his coveralls down and leave him there.

[@bluecollarjob]

Indeed, sad that trade shops have been converted to computer rooms, so many tradesmen are retiring and not hardly any young kiss want to do trade work

[@GrandpaBill]

Go to your favorite ACE store and BUY a 2 buck replacement handle.

[@THISisglmicle]

If you got carpal tunnel you were fired. 😄 (in part one video) really not funny, but I did chuckle.

[@killakobra]

You're using the scroll saw incorrectly. you should have the piece as close to the center of the V as you can and it should be used perpendicular to the work.

[@edsequip]

Guys that worked all day using those hand snips would have hands like vice grips before they got karpal tunnel syndrome

[@qhack]

Spends countless hours doing fine machine work to repair a 50 cent thumb screw on a lathe, then throws out a jewelers saw because he broke the wooden handle...

[@1996theawesome1]

The thumb screw was a teaching tool for those who haven't done something similar before. Was it worth the effort? Maybe, maybe not, but someone learned something from it and thats what matters.

[@qhack]

Chris Licata Oh, trust me, I enjoyed the thumb screw video, just find it a bit comical that he would throw away a tool that could be easily repaired.

[@bentontool]

I agree... fix the handle!

[@angryyank68]

LOOKS LIKE A V.A.T. (VINYL ASBESTOS TILE) SHEAR...PROBABLY FROM THE 40'S WAYNE

[@tylergordon696]

handling sheet metal is like handling glass> you either learn how to do it safely or bleed to death.

[@DominickCascianoIII]

I think I got a cut just watching this video.

[@OpenGL4ever]

It's really sad, that there is no way to laser cut or water jet cut sheet metal as amateur for hobby usage.

[@ErnieNoa3]

If that was a German made jeweler’s saw, fix it. You will never buy another one like it. I have four of them and two from Germany. The German one’s work, the others US made, brand new, are junk.

[@JonesAndGriesmann]

if you ever need to throw tools away you can just mail them to me instead

[@marjones69]

Nobody wants to use their hands anymore, they all want to design the work, but who is going to build it?

[@mrpete222]

marjones69 THANKS FOR WATCHING--so true

[@OpenGL4ever]

@marjones69 If you design the work in a computer, a cnc machine will build it.

[@joshuabuckingham1617]

YOU COULD REMAKE THE HANDLE- WHAT A WASTE!

[@guitarguy4372]

Don't ever cut metal with fabric scissors!!!

[@bentontool]

"Don't scold me for throwing tools away that are no good!"??? The handle on that very fine German fret saw is essentially like the handle on a wood chisel. You would not discard a chisel tang just because it did not have a handle! For pity's sake, there are few enough good tools left out there for use to be casually discarding perfectly serviceable tools! Just put a new handle on it... or better yet; give it to a friend... who likely will be overjoyed with it, fix the handle, and pass it down to his grandchildren when he is done... Don't take this wrong, I love your videos, and respect your talents, but wasting tools is like wasting food... donate what you don't want...

[@benpress8884]

I cringe as much watching you cut that sheet metal with a wood chisel as you did when one of your students cut wire with tin snips. :)

[@XTL_prime]

So much tool abuse and destruction here :(