"thunder" wrote in message
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On Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:44:17 -0500, Vic Smith wrote:


I've had some Wiss snips, and others, and quality/design counts. The air
snips sound good. Haven't cut much tin, but the problem is always the
curling metal. Just makes it all clumsy.

That's where the offset snips come in. They can cut through large flat
sheets with out much curling. Also, the yellow handled snips (straight
cutting) are a tremendous compromise. If you're going to do any amount
of cutting, you need both left and right cutting snips.

Thoroughly agreed. But I have cut enough 4' x 10' panels of paint lock to
know that even with the proper tools, it's a booger once your cut gets about
a foot long and you have to keep the metal separated so your blade can get
to the fresh material to continue cutting. Try making a ten foot long
undulating cut on 22 ga. paintlock.

Your hands are sore for days, and one box of Band-Aids ain't enough.

Steve