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Originally posted by pHaestus
I use tin snips regularly but I always end up with a serrated edge on my cuts.
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You have to use the right one's. I would usually go through a pair of lefts and rights every other job. We would cut miles of metal a year with those things on the job sites. Wiss is the brand we used. They have the left, right, and regular sets. If you use the left or right cut ones they have a flat smooth edge the metal rides on that makes a nice smooth cut, if you use the strait cutting only tin snips then the edges will get messed up. Only use those if the edge will get covered up by something else.
The regular one's usually have a yellow handle, lefts have a red handle, and rights have a green handle. I would steer clear of those staits. Lefts cut left and strait, rights cut right and strait, strait cut strait.
They all can cut any direction really but using the right one for the cut makes a hell of a difference. Also the higher the qulaity the better the cut.
Found a link to the one's I use:
http://www.tools-plus.com/wism-3r.html Scroll down and you will see the lefts and rights. With a few years and several broken pairs you get real good with them. We cut decrotive miter angles with them and they come out strait as an arrow. Sure glad I have a company credit card to pay for them.
