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.

Duck-bill snips have narrow blades that easily cut straight lines, gentle curves, as well as screen and wire. Aviation snips have a spring hinge for leverage and easy handling.

A new generation of metal cutting tools span the divide between hacksaw simplicity/economy to plasma cutter precision/price.

In this week’s Seven Hills Police Blotter, an East Parkleigh Drive resident came to the police station to report that two weeks earlier, he had discovered two long extension cords missing from ...