Get to Know Your Hand Tools Metal Snips

Metal snips are useful for sheet metal and wire. There are several types and styles of metal snips, or shears, and I use them primarily for removing waste metal or for trimming salvage metal I intend to repurpose or upcycle in my work. Classic straight-bladed "Aviation Snips" or tin snips can be found at most well-stocked hardware stores, and there are literally dozens of scissors or shears manufactured for crafts or even cooking that will do a serviceable cutting job on most thinner gauge metals. My main issue with metal snips is that they cause the metal to curl as you trim, but despite that, metal snips are very useful to have in your workshop.