Cutting metal flashing or sheet metal with tin snips need not be a bloody job, nor leave ragged, warped metal edges. A pair of leather gloves prevents bloodshed, and a few tips about the different ...

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There’s no reason to use a hacksaw in a modern farm shop. Cutting metal on a farm often used to involve either an oxy-acetylene torch, a hacksaw or tin snips. If a shop was “high-tech,” it might have ...

The look and name of some well-known hand tools will soon be changing. Lufkin, Wiss, H.K. Porter and Nicholson products will sport the Crescent brand and color scheme, officials with parent company ...

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Acquiring new sheet metal forming machinery has benefits — and possible pitfalls — for most HVAC construction contractors. They hope the new equipment will increase capacity, improve productivity and ...