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Trouble with snips?
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I’m a novice metal shaper and I’m having trouble cutting accurate lines with snips. I have shaped some pieces for an inside fender and I need to trim them along scribed lines so I can weld them together. My cuts with the snips just don’t seem good enough and I’m afraid that I’ll distort the panels I’ve made by cutting them, or not be able to cut on the lines. I’m using asset of Wiss with green, red, and yellow handles that was recommended to me ( I got them from Home Depot). I understand the concept of left hand and right hand cuts. The problems I have: First cut in is good, when I push the snip along for the next snip it seems to bind- I can only get about an additional 3/8” to ½” inch of cut. The metal I’m cutting can’t be pushed up and over the tool (especially on the side of the piece I want to keep). I’m using 20 gauge steel. I’ve seen power cutters that look quite nice and I wonder if I should go to one of them, but I don’t know if they work on curved metal, I’ve only seen them used on flat pieces. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks
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Shawn |
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there are some occasions i turn my red snips upside down and cut the waste off, the snips you have should be fine
any pictures you have of what you are cutting will always help...
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