Tin snips with yellow handles are used to cut straight lines. Start by inserting the bottom blade of the tin snips into the hole drilled in the center of the sheet metal. Just like cutting with ...

A throatless shear. “For $125 you can bolt it to a work bench, cut flat sheet steel up to 3/16-inch, and pretty much retire your tin snips,” says Phil Heck, owner of Woodward Fab, which offers ...