Left Handed Sheet Metal 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.

Left handed sheet metal snips.

Klein tools metal cutting shears carpet scissors electrical scissors scissors vinyl tile scissors emt 2 00. 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. The new generation of crescent wises metal master will cut over 8 miles of steel and feature up to 10 times longer cut life than traditional aviation snips.

Find tin snips at lowe s today. Left handed heavy duty industrial shears model w20lh 34 05 34 05. Green snips are designed to cut clockwise curves and red snips to cut counterclockwise curves. New extended non slip handle grips give users better control while cutting.

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. Aviation snips left cutting and right cutting vertical.

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