On Oct 10, 3:23*pm, "Roger Shoaf" wrote:
"jamesgangnc" wrote in message

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Anyone know the trick to cutting an X in a gutter to attach a
downspout? *Just use tin snips? *Or is there a pro trick?

Punch a hole in the center, then use a nibbler to make the X.

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Roger Shoaf

About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube, then
they come up with this striped stuff.

Ok I ended up with my own technique :-)

Draw the X inside. Hammer and wood chisel with a scrape of lumber
oriented grain in the direction of the cuts. Chisel straight down and
then move over. Fast and accurate.