Comments on: Wiss Lightweight Aluminum Tin Snips http://toolmonger.com/2008/04/24/wiss-lightweight-aluminum-tin-snips/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:28:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: ned.ludd http://toolmonger.com/2008/04/24/wiss-lightweight-aluminum-tin-snips/#comment-289145 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:20:36 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/04/24/wiss-lightweight-aluminum-tin-snips/#comment-289145 Also excellent for keeping around for the family to open that annoying plastic clamshell packaging with... Also excellent for keeping around for the family to open that annoying plastic clamshell packaging with…

]]> by: fred http://toolmonger.com/2008/04/24/wiss-lightweight-aluminum-tin-snips/#comment-288649 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:13:45 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/04/24/wiss-lightweight-aluminum-tin-snips/#comment-288649 Malco (most of our siding-specific tools are from this company) makes a similar snips that we use up on ladders: http://www.amazon.com/Malco-M14N-14-Inch-Straight-Aluminum/dp/B000F1H3WW/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=hi&qid=1209060297&sr=1-11 On the ground - we do our cutting with Kett electric shears or directly with the Pro-Cutoff on our Port-O Benders. We find that the Kett Fiber-Cement shears also do a decent job on trimming and curved cuts. For heavier gauged (12-10) we break out the bosch nibbler Malco (most of our siding-specific tools are from this company) makes a similar snips that we use up on ladders:

http://www.amazon.com/Malco-M14N-14-Inch-Straight-Aluminum/dp/B000F1H3WW/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=hi&qid=1209060297&sr=1-11

On the ground - we do our cutting with Kett electric shears or directly with the Pro-Cutoff on our Port-O Benders. We find that the Kett Fiber-Cement shears also do a decent job on trimming and curved cuts. For heavier gauged (12-10) we break out the bosch nibbler

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