Left Handed Sheet Metal Snips

Aviation snips also called tin snips or compound snips even though they are different are the best hand tools for cutting sheets of metal.

Left handed sheet metal snips.

Cutting in a straight line with tin snips is easy. The all new latch design provides ergonomic single handed operation for left or right handed users. New extended non slip handle grips give users better control while cutting. Left handed heavy duty industrial shears model w20lh 34 05 34 05.

Left cutting and right cutting forged steel jaws are set at a 90 degree angle to allow easy gripping when cutting sheet metal in tight spaces or overhead. Klein tools 80 wiss 51 mabis 5. But better known as a pair or left or right handed tin snips. You can use the snips with either hand but if you re right handed you ll find it easier to use green snips for many types of cuts photo 1a.

Green snips are designed to cut clockwise curves and red snips to cut counterclockwise curves. If the color of the tool is green this indicated a right hand pair. Coppersmiths and custom metalworkers often use corner cut tin snips in conjunction with straight cut tin snips for precision work and cutting out intricate shapes in metal. If you re left handed approach the cut from the opposite direction with red handed snips photo 2.

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