Tried & Tested: Cutting Metal with Hand Tools

You don't always need fancy saws, and power tools to work with metal. Even simple projects can be done with good scissors, tin-snips and - something a lot of engineers seem to have hardly ever heard of - NIBBLERS!

For relatively little cash, you can have use some great tools to speed up your prototyping, when plastic and card are not robust enough!

[KingBollock]

What thickness aluminium would the tin snips handle? I have a couple of ideas for projects coming up that will probably need 1mm and 2mm Aluminium sheets. I was going to use my jigsaw, but some of the stuff I want to do is quite small and intricate, and I feel it would be safer to use snips if they would be up to the job.

[thebondvillain]

Hey man
One doubt
Can Tin snips used for cutting like Stainless steel ruler in our stationary shops?

[ccwcornishcraftyworkshops]

Hi. I want to cut the metal mesh used when you put up plaster. Which of these or similar would you suggest please? Thank you.

[mitchsalameda]

hi, can i ask what are those hand tools specifically? thank you!

[cordyraney]

You don’t mention the names of these tools very well. I’d love to go buy the last one but you never say what it’s called.