"thunder" wrote in message
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On Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:14:37 -0600, SteveB wrote:


BTDT. Can't be done. Looks and sounds plausible, but it just shakes
too much, then binds, then goes flying into the next zip code. No clean
edges, either.

Steve

Turn the blade backwards, and go very slowly. The result would be
adequate, just adequate. Personally, I would use manual snips, but the
right snips. Those yellow handled Wiss snips aren't the only ones out
there. There are left cutting, right cutting, and offset snips. A pair
of right and left offsets would make the job considerably easier.

http://www.toolbarn.com/cgi-bin/sear...=aviator+snips

I have about six pairs of snips that cut in every direction. I have
attempted to cut sheet metal with a metal cutting blade, but not a regular
blade reversed. I have attempted it enough times to know that unless it's a
box trailer stuck under an underpass, and it don't matter what it looks like
once you've cut it, no power does a very good job. Unless you are at a
factory, and can use a power shear with two blades that match the profile of
the goods.

YMM(and probably does)V

Steve