Despite the many uses for metal, it can be a difficult material to work with, so most DIYers avoid jobs that involve metalwork. However, almost every type of metal can be cut. It's just important to ...

Cutting metal flashing or sheet metal with tin snips need not be a bloody job, nor leave ragged, warped metal edges. A pair of leather gloves prevents bloodshed, and a few tips about the different ...

There’s no reason to use a hacksaw in a modern farm shop. Cutting metal on a farm often used to involve either an oxy-acetylene torch, a hacksaw or tin snips. If a shop was “high-tech,” it might have ...

My favorite tools for accurately cutting sheetmetal are aircraft shears. These are available in most hardware or big-box stores, and are quite affordable. They come in left (red), right (green), and ...

Malco says its AVsMini snips easily work where full-size aviation snips are challenged. Forged steel jaws produce a long-lasting, sharply defined cutting edge. A ¾-inch cut length and sure-gripping ...

I've seen sites that say to cut them with snips, and others with a hacksaw & mitre box. I've tried both ways, the snips leave the edges where i cut wavy and warped, and using a mitre box & hacksaw ...