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School me in tin snips
- Thread starter fuzzie79
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amguttin
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weiss are the standard. They are useful everywhere.... also they snip tin and other metals.
jeffmoss26
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Wiss or Midwest.
A good basic set to get started with is the Craftsman Straight, Left, and Right. They go on sale all the time.
I forget who is the OE manufacturer for them, either Wiss or Midwest.
The beauty of getting the Craftsman is that when you ruin the cutting tips, you just go over to your local Sears and swap them out with a new pair under the lifetime warranty. I've done that a couple times. But make sure you get the real Craftsman ones, not the Evolv. Because the Craftsman are lifetime warranty, the Evolv are not.
I forget who is the OE manufacturer for them, either Wiss or Midwest.
The beauty of getting the Craftsman is that when you ruin the cutting tips, you just go over to your local Sears and swap them out with a new pair under the lifetime warranty. I've done that a couple times. But make sure you get the real Craftsman ones, not the Evolv. Because the Craftsman are lifetime warranty, the Evolv are not.
Its actually kind of surprising to me that sears covers normal wear and tear on items like this. I've never had a wear problem with my tin snips but then again I don't use them all that much. Oh yeah and I'm almost positive the craftsman ones are made by Midwest.
Careful what you by a lot of brands (stanley) sell their China snips for more than the nice Wiss or Midwest USA snips. Craftsman I believe is made by Midwest but it looks IDENTICAL to my Wiss snips. If you got the dough I would get a basic 3 pack (left, right, and I think the third is straight with offset handle?) I also highly recommend getting a "long blade" version. Genrerally the longer blade is about an extra inch and for what I am doing it makes all the difference, I always seem to end up not reaching my destination by 1".
Tucko
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I prefer Midwest to the Wiss snips. Just buy your basic left and rights. In 24 years of sheet metal, I've never used the yellow straights. For straight cuts, I use my Wiss bulldog snips....
Fordman7795
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Dont know what a diesel tech would do with snips but as most are saying, i would suggest wiss or midwest.
Outlawmws
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cryan
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You use snips to cut thin metal for instance if your making an exhaust shield or cover. Perhaps you may need to blank off a pipe flange so you will need to make a blank. You might need to cut copper to make a gasket or even just gasket material which can be hard on scissors.
Buy the best you can afford and worry more about learning to use them than what name is stamped on them.
Buy the best you can afford and worry more about learning to use them than what name is stamped on them.