Tin snips are tools used to cut thin sheet metal.
http://cuttingtools.blogth.com/
Tin snips are tools used to cut thin sheet metal. They use the same
principles as common scissors, but are able to handle thicker and
harder material. There are three different types of tin snips;
straight cutting, left cutting, and right cutting. Straight cutting in
a straight line, left cutting snips (usually red) will cut in a curve
to the left, and right cutting snips (usually green) will cut in a
curve to the right.
http://cuttingtools.blogth.com/
In practical use the red snips pictured will be used in the right
hand, for straight or curving cuts, with the base material to the
right being cut neatly and the left hand will be pulling away a
spiraling offcut. The green snips work in the opposite fashion in the
left hand, with the waste being on the right.

A similar tool called aviation snips can cut sheet metal with less
effort than tin snips. A compound lever mechanism provides greater
control with less effort. The serrated jaws prevent slippage and
withstand heavy use. Also it is designed with a latch than holds the
jaws closed if desired. The insulated handles have the same color-
coding as with tin snips described above.
http://cuttingtools.blogth.com/
A tool called a hand notcher makes clean V-shaped cuts in sheet metal
without slippage. The compound-action handles produce necessary
leverage for fast cutting.
http://cuttingtools.blogth.com/

"http://r.yuwie.com/chiangmai" wrote:

Tin snips are tools used to cut thin sheet metal.


Been wondering what they were for ....

On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:13:32 GMT, Lobby Dosser
wrote:
[spam deleted]

Tin snips are tools used to cut thin sheet metal.


Been wondering what they were for ....

I was wrong.. I always thought that they were to snip tin...


mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:13:32 GMT, Lobby Dosser
wrote:

"http://r.yuwie.com/chiangmai" wrote:

Tin snips are tools used to cut thin sheet metal.


Been wondering what they were for ....

Hell I used mine to open some salt bags recently. Having a long drive
that mostly goes up to your home sucks, when Mother Nature gives you
2" of ice and the another 1" after the first has melted. First year
here, time for a plow and chains for the John Deere. Free carpenter
ant infested redbud available too, as it fell over but not onto the
grapes.

Mark

mac davis wrote in
:

On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:13:32 GMT, Lobby Dosser
wrote:
[spam deleted]

Tin snips are tools used to cut thin sheet metal.


Been wondering what they were for ....

I was wrong.. I always thought that they were to snip tin...


mac

Please remove splinters before emailing


What then are aviation snips for? Cutting planes?

Wonder if they're related to that "aircraft remover" stuff in the
clearance aisle?

Puckdropper
--
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marching band.

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Markem wrote in
:

On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:13:32 GMT, Lobby Dosser
wrote:

"http://r.yuwie.com/chiangmai" wrote:

Tin snips are tools used to cut thin sheet metal.


Been wondering what they were for ....

Hell I used mine to open some salt bags recently. Having a long drive
that mostly goes up to your home sucks, when Mother Nature gives you
2" of ice and the another 1" after the first has melted. First year
here, time for a plow and chains for the John Deere. Free carpenter
ant infested redbud available too, as it fell over but not onto the
grapes.

Mark

We didn't get ice, but had some snow freeze before I had a chance to plow
my sister's driveway. (I did mine first and ran out of daylight.) I
pushed as much snow off as I could, then dumped salt on the driveway with
a pull-behind spreader. Once the sun came out, it started working pretty
good.

Puckdropper
--
Marching to the beat of a different drum is great... unless you're in
marching band.

To email me directly, send a message to puckdropper (at) fastmail.fm

http://r.yuwie.com/chiangmai wrote:

Tin snips are tools used to cut thin sheet metal.

Dang! No wonder they haven't done squat for me when trying to cut veneer!
Who knew?


--
If you're going to be dumb, you better be tough

mac davis wrote:
On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:13:32 GMT, Lobby Dosser
wrote:
[spam deleted]

Tin snips are tools used to cut thin sheet metal.

Been wondering what they were for ....

I was wrong.. I always thought that they were to snip tin...


mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

So if you are being snippy that is the same as saying you are making
cutting remarks.
oof,
j4

On Feb 27, 11:49*pm, jo4hn wrote:
mac davis wrote:
On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:13:32 GMT, Lobby Dosser
wrote:
[spam deleted]

Tin snips are tools used to cut thin sheet metal.

Been wondering what they were for ....

I was wrong.. I always thought that they were to snip tin...

mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

So if you are being snippy that is the same as saying you are making
cutting remarks.
* * * * oof,
* * * * j4

Shear nonsense

r5

On Feb 27, 6:16*pm, "http://r.yuwie.com/chiangmai"
wrote:
Tin snips are tools used to cut thin sheet metal.http://cuttingtools.blogth.com/

[snip]

Tin snips are tools used to cut thin sheet metal. They use the same
principles as common scissors, but are able to handle thicker and
harder material. There are three different types of tin snips;

[snip]

straight cutting, left cutting, and right cutting. Straight cutting in
a straight line, left cutting snips (usually red) will cut in a curve

[snip]

to the left, and right cutting snips (usually green) will cut in a
curve to the right.http://cuttingtools.blogth.com/

[snip]

In practical use the red snips pictured will be used in the right
hand, for straight or curving cuts, with the base material to the
right being cut neatly and the left hand will be pulling away a

[snip]

spiraling offcut. The green snips work in the opposite fashion in the
left hand, with the waste being on the right.

[snip]

A similar tool called aviation snips can cut sheet metal with less
effort than tin snips. A compound lever mechanism provides greater

[snip]
control with less effort. The serrated jaws prevent slippage and
withstand heavy use. Also it is designed with a latch than holds the

[snip]

jaws closed if desired. The insulated handles have the same color-
coding as with tin snips described above.http://cuttingtools.blogth.com/

[snip]

A tool called a hand notcher makes clean V-shaped cuts in sheet metal
without slippage. The compound-action handles produce necessary

[snip]

leverage for fast cutting.
*http://cuttingtools.blogth.com/

[snip]


r7

On Feb 28, 5:54*am, Maxwell Lol wrote:
Robatoy writes:
So if you are being snippy that is the same as saying you are making
cutting remarks.
* * * * oof,
* * * * j4

Shear nonsense

* * * * * *r5

Edgy today, Robatoy?
* * * * * * *m6

On Feb 27, 6:16 pm, "http://r.yuwie.com/chiangmai"
wrote:
Tin snips are tools used to cut thin sheet metal.http://cuttingtools.blogth.com/

[snip]

Tin snips are tools used to cut thin sheet metal. They use the same
principles as common scissors, but are able to handle thicker and
harder material. There are three different types of tin snips;

[snip]

straight cutting, left cutting, and right cutting. Straight cutting in
a straight line, left cutting snips (usually red) will cut in a curve

[snip]

to the left, and right cutting snips (usually green) will cut in a
curve to the right.http://cuttingtools.blogth.com/

[snip]

In practical use the red snips pictured will be used in the right
hand, for straight or curving cuts, with the base material to the
right being cut neatly and the left hand will be pulling away a

[snip]

spiraling offcut. The green snips work in the opposite fashion in the
left hand, with the waste being on the right.

[snip]

A similar tool called aviation snips can cut sheet metal with less
effort than tin snips. A compound lever mechanism provides greater

[snip]
control with less effort. The serrated jaws prevent slippage and
withstand heavy use. Also it is designed with a latch than holds the

[snip]

jaws closed if desired. The insulated handles have the same color-
coding as with tin snips described above.http://cuttingtools.blogth.com/

[snip]

A tool called a hand notcher makes clean V-shaped cuts in sheet metal
without slippage. The compound-action handles produce necessary

[snip]

leverage for fast cutting.
http://cuttingtools.blogth.com/

[snip]


r7

On Feb 27, 6:16 pm, "http://r.yuwie.com/chiangmai"
wrote:
Tin snips are tools used to cut thin sheet metal.

But I daresay they would be better used to castrate spammers
so they do not reproduce.

--

FF

On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:22:43 -0500, "Garage_Woodworks" .@. wrote:


"mac davis" wrote in message
.. .
On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:13:32 GMT, Lobby Dosser

wrote:
[spam deleted]

Tin snips are tools used to cut thin sheet metal.


Been wondering what they were for ....

I was wrong.. I always thought that they were to snip tin...

...and table saws cut tables?

well, yeah... everyone knows that..

I quit using the jig saw to make jigs, though..


mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:53:16 GMT, Puckdropper wrote:

mac davis wrote in
:

On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:13:32 GMT, Lobby Dosser
wrote:
[spam deleted]

Tin snips are tools used to cut thin sheet metal.


Been wondering what they were for ....

I was wrong.. I always thought that they were to snip tin...



What then are aviation snips for? Cutting planes?

I think they're to trim pilots?
have to ask Barry that one..

Wonder if they're related to that "aircraft remover" stuff in the
clearance aisle?

Puckdropper


mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

mac davis wrote:

What then are aviation snips for? Cutting planes?

I think they're to trim pilots?
have to ask Barry that one..

Maybe to "trim the plane"...

Har! G

On Feb 28, 12:55*pm, Maxwell Lol wrote:


LOL! That was great!
(no pun. Reseting score.)
* * *m0

Okay, I gracefully accept, and will institute my own, reset.

r0

On Feb 27, 9:53*pm, Puckdropper wrote:
Puckdropper

Hey, are you a hockey ref by any chance?
JP

Robatoy wrote:
On Feb 28, 12:55 pm, Maxwell Lol wrote:

LOL! That was great!
(no pun. Reseting score.)
m0

Okay, I gracefully accept, and will institute my own, reset.

r0
that is really keen...

On Feb 28, 5:47 pm, Jay Pique wrote:
On Feb 27, 9:53 pm, Puckdropper wrote:

Puckdropper

Hey, are you a hockey ref by any chance?
JP

No, I'm not. Puckdropper comes from when I was too young to play
hockey with the guys my Dad played with, so they'd let me drop the
puck after a goal was scored.

I do usually have something to say about offsides, though. It's a
habit from playing pick up hockey.

Puckdropper
--
FYI, my Usenet access is going to be inconsistent the next several
days or weeks. My ISP decided to switch their services to Google,
which doesn't offer NNTP access. I'm looking for a good alternative
now.

Puckdropper wrote:


No, I'm not. Puckdropper comes from when I was too young to play
hockey with the guys my Dad played with, so they'd let me drop the
puck after a goal was scored.

All this time, I thought you were a zebra!

On Feb 29, 5:33*am, Puckdropper wrote:
On Feb 28, 5:47 pm, Jay Pique wrote:

On Feb 27, 9:53 pm, Puckdropper wrote:

Puckdropper

Hey, are you a hockey ref by any chance?
JP

No, I'm not. *Puckdropper comes from when I was too young to play
hockey with the guys my Dad played with, so they'd let me drop the
puck after a goal was scored.

In the real old days, I heard they had to actually place the puck on
the ice for face-offs. Probably discouraged quite a few potential
zebras.

I do usually have something to say about offsides, though. *It's a
habit from playing pick up hockey.

Oh god, you must really confuse the non-hockey folks with that. For
what's seemingly a simple rule, there's an awful lot of confusion when
I try to explain it.

My old high-school team has a state tourney game tomorrow. I'll
probably go and root them on with a few of the alums, and talk about
how much better *we* used to play! g

JP

On Feb 29, 5:35 pm, Jay Pique wrote:
On Feb 29, 5:33 am, Puckdropper wrote:

No, I'm not. Puckdropper comes from when I was too young to play
hockey with the guys my Dad played with, so they'd let me drop the
puck after a goal was scored.

In the real old days, I heard they had to actually place the puck on
the ice for face-offs. Probably discouraged quite a few potential
zebras.

It'd sure have discouraged me. Dropping the puck, I had quite a bit
of my equipment hit one way or another. (I did wear full equipment.)

I do usually have something to say about offsides, though. It's a
habit from playing pick up hockey.

Oh god, you must really confuse the non-hockey folks with that. For
what's seemingly a simple rule, there's an awful lot of confusion when
I try to explain it.

It's a really complex rule, actually. You can't cross the blue line
before the puck. What counts as "in the zone"? What happens if you
do this or that while offsides? Or here's a good one... Let's say
you're in the offensive zone, offsides. Your team then ices the puck
and you touch it. Is it icing or offsides?

After it happened, the Zebra said icing overrules offsides.

*snip*

JP

Puckdropper

On Mar 1, 1:20*am, Puckdropper wrote:

It's a really complex rule, actually. *You can't cross the blue line
before the puck. *What counts as "in the zone"? *What happens if you
do this or that while offsides? *Or here's a good one... Let's say
you're in the offensive zone, offsides. *Your team then ices the puck
and you touch it. *Is it icing or offsides?

Hmmm...yeah, maybe you're right. In fact, you're definitely right.
Tagging up, delayed offsides, offsides (or 2 line) pass and the
different variations of all of them. In fact, I'm not even sure what
rules are used in what leagues any more!

After it happened, the Zebra said icing overrules offsides.

So the player was behind the goal line and recieved a "pass"? Talk
about cherry picking. NHL? NCAA? Men's League? That's a toughy.

It's "Mite Fest" this weekend in addition to states, so I'll check out
the rules for NYS High School and Youth Hockey. My nephew drives me
nuts, he sort of roams around with one hand on his stick, hardly
backchecking, hardly hustling until he somehow gets the puck and then
he turns it on. Unfortunately, he's the leading scorer. For now. I
think it's going to be really tough for him when the other kids catch
up and he can no longer just skate around them. I don't know how
parents do it - if I had kids I'd probably have a heart attack!

JP

In article ,
Garage_Woodworks .@. wrote:

"mac davis" wrote in message
.. .
On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:13:32 GMT, Lobby Dosser

wrote:
[spam deleted]

Tin snips are tools used to cut thin sheet metal.


Been wondering what they were for ....

I was wrong.. I always thought that they were to snip tin...

...and table saws cut tables?



Surgeons _have_ been known to use back saws to cut backs. grin

OTOH, I've got an offset screwdriver, but could never find an offset that
needed screwing -- if I _were_ so inclined that is.

In article ,
Puckdropper wrote:

FYI, my Usenet access is going to be inconsistent the next several
days or weeks. My ISP decided to switch their services to Google,
which doesn't offer NNTP access. I'm looking for a good alternative
now.

A first-class option -- especially for their spam-filtering -- is 'supernews'.
Giganews, and Easynews are the other 'big boys' in the news provider biz.

'newsguy.com' is a smaller operation, but nearly as good as supernews.

Astraweb is pretty good, and offers _inexpensive_ FIXED PRICE service -- access
by the gigabyte of data, regardless of how long it takes to use up. For text-
only access, a minimal ($25, I think) account will last for _years_ -- probably
decades.

news.individual.net offers text-only groups for an annual pittance of under
US$20. Astraweb is a better deal, unless you're a really heavy user.

Terranews can be erratic quality -- *especially* their near-free service.
usenetserver.com is facing a major lawsuit, and long-term is 'iffy'.

_meganewsservers.com_ is one to *definitely* stay away from. "1/4-assed" is
a charitable description. One minor example -- *NO* week-end staff whatsoever.
If, at say 7PM Friday Evening, the server crashes (totally dead-in-the-water),
there's nobody to even look at it untill something like 8:30AM monday morning.

On Mar 1, 12:56*pm, (Robert Bonomi) wrote:
In article ,



Garage_Woodworks .@. wrote:

"mac davis" wrote in message
.. .
On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:13:32 GMT, Lobby Dosser

wrote:
[spam deleted]

Tin snips are tools used to cut thin sheet metal.

Been wondering what they were for ....

I was wrong.. I always thought that they were to snip tin...

...and table saws cut tables?

Surgeons _have_ been known to use back saws to cut backs. * grin

OTOH, I've got an offset screwdriver, but could never find an offset that
needed screwing -- *if I _were_ so inclined that is.

Using that form of thought... what about a broad axe?

On 3/1/08 1:27 PMMar 1, "Robatoy" wrote:

On Mar 1, 12:56*pm, (Robert Bonomi) wrote:
In article ,



Garage_Woodworks .@. wrote:

"mac davis" wrote in message
...
to snip tin...

...and table saws cut tables?

Surgeons _have_ been known to use back saws to cut backs. * grin

OTOH, I've got an offset screwdriver, but could never find an offset that
needed screwing -- *if I _were_ so inclined that is.

Using that form of thought... what about a broad axe?

Or a jack plane or a plumb Bob

On Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:30:32 -0500, Robert Haar wrote:

On 3/1/08 1:27 PMMar 1, "Robatoy" wrote:

On Mar 1, 12:56*pm, (Robert Bonomi) wrote:
In article ,



Garage_Woodworks .@. wrote:

"mac davis" wrote in message
...
to snip tin...

...and table saws cut tables?

Surgeons _have_ been known to use back saws to cut backs. * grin

OTOH, I've got an offset screwdriver, but could never find an offset that
needed screwing -- *if I _were_ so inclined that is.

Using that form of thought... what about a broad axe?

Or a jack plane or a plumb Bob

channel locks??


mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

mac davis wrote:
On Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:30:32 -0500, Robert Haar
wrote:

On 3/1/08 1:27 PMMar 1, "Robatoy" wrote:

On Mar 1, 12:56 pm, (Robert Bonomi)
wrote:
In article ,



Garage_Woodworks .@. wrote:

"mac davis" wrote in message
... to snip
tin...
...and table saws cut tables?

Surgeons _have_ been known to use back saws to cut backs. grin

OTOH, I've got an offset screwdriver, but could never find an
offset that needed screwing -- if I _were_ so inclined that is.

Using that form of thought... what about a broad axe?

Or a jack plane or a plumb Bob

channel locks??

Or a box wrench?


--
--
--John
to email, dial "usenet" and validate
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)

J. Clarke wrote:

mac davis wrote:
On Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:30:32 -0500, Robert Haar
wrote:

On 3/1/08 1:27 PMMar 1, "Robatoy" wrote:

On Mar 1, 12:56 pm, (Robert Bonomi)
wrote:
In article ,



Garage_Woodworks .@. wrote:

"mac davis" wrote in message
... to snip
tin...
...and table saws cut tables?

Surgeons _have_ been known to use back saws to cut backs. grin

OTOH, I've got an offset screwdriver, but could never find an
offset that needed screwing -- if I _were_ so inclined that is.

Using that form of thought... what about a broad axe?

Or a jack plane or a plumb Bob

channel locks??

Or a box wrench?


Monkey wrench?


--
If you're going to be dumb, you better be tough

Mark & Juanita wrote:

OTOH, I've got an offset screwdriver, but could never find an
offset that needed screwing -- if I _were_ so inclined that is.

Using that form of thought... what about a broad axe?

Or a jack plane or a plumb Bob

channel locks??

Or a box wrench?


Monkey wrench?


Peanut oil, olive oil, baby oil...

--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA

On Sat, 01 Mar 2008 23:02:04 GMT, Nova wrote:

Mark & Juanita wrote:

OTOH, I've got an offset screwdriver, but could never find an
offset that needed screwing -- if I _were_ so inclined that is.

Using that form of thought... what about a broad axe?

Or a jack plane or a plumb Bob

channel locks??

Or a box wrench?


Monkey wrench?


Peanut oil, olive oil, baby oil...

ya know, I always wondered how many baby's they need to get a quart of baby
oil..


mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

Robert Bonomi wrote:

Surgeons _have_ been known to use back saws to cut backs. grin


Funny you mention this, we were watching one of those educational channels
where they were showing brain surgery and the surgeon used a 9.6v Makita
cordless drill to make a hole in the skull. I recognized it since it was
the same one I have in my garage.

On Mar 1, 7:38*pm, Eugene wrote:
Robert Bonomi wrote:

Surgeons _have_ been known to use back saws to cut backs. * grin

Funny you mention this, we were watching one of those educational channels
where they were showing brain surgery *and the surgeon used a 9.6v Makita
cordless drill to make a hole in the skull. *I recognized it since it was
the same one I have in my garage.

Leonard Lee, Robin's father and founder of Lee Valley Tools, has been
very active in design and re-design of surgical/medical tools. Want an
unobtanium doohicky driver? Lee's your man.

But I tell ya, before any surgeon cuts me, I want to see Olfa and
Festool.

Robatoy took a can of maroon spray paint on March 1, 2008 08:07 pm and wrote
the following:

On Mar 1, 7:38Â*pm, Eugene wrote:
Robert Bonomi wrote:

Surgeons _have_ been known to use back saws to cut backs. Â* grin

Funny you mention this, we were watching one of those educational
channels where they were showing brain surgery Â*and the surgeon used a
9.6v Makita cordless drill to make a hole in the skull. Â*I recognized it
since it was the same one I have in my garage.

Leonard Lee, Robin's father and founder of Lee Valley Tools, has been
very active in design and re-design of surgical/medical tools. Want an
unobtanium doohicky driver? Lee's your man.

But I tell ya, before any surgeon cuts me, I want to see Olfa and
Festool.

Does Festool make a colonoscope?

Is that a Festool up your ass or you just happy to see me?
--
Lits Slut #9
Life would be so much easier if we could just look at the source code.

(Robert Bonomi) wrote in
:

In article
,
Puckdropper wrote:

FYI, my Usenet access is going to be inconsistent the next several
days or weeks. My ISP decided to switch their services to Google,
which doesn't offer NNTP access. I'm looking for a good alternative
now.


*snip*

Astraweb is pretty good, and offers _inexpensive_ FIXED PRICE service
-- access by the gigabyte of data, regardless of how long it takes to
use up. For text- only access, a minimal ($25, I think) account will
last for _years_ -- probably decades.

*snip*

I went with Astraweb. 90 GB for $25, that'll keep me going for a long,
long time.

Thanks for the information.

Puckdropper
--
Marching to the beat of a different drum is great... unless you're in
marching band.

To email me directly, send a message to puckdropper (at) fastmail.fm

Jay Pique wrote in news:4f427091-9305-45a6-9ad0-
:

On Mar 1, 1:20*am, Puckdropper wrote:

It's a really complex rule, actually. *You can't cross the blue line
before the puck. *What counts as "in the zone"? *What happens if you
do this or that while offsides? *Or here's a good one... Let's say
you're in the offensive zone, offsides. *Your team then ices the puck
and you touch it. *Is it icing or offsides?

Hmmm...yeah, maybe you're right. In fact, you're definitely right.
Tagging up, delayed offsides, offsides (or 2 line) pass and the
different variations of all of them. In fact, I'm not even sure what
rules are used in what leagues any more!

After it happened, the Zebra said icing overrules offsides.

So the player was behind the goal line and recieved a "pass"? Talk
about cherry picking. NHL? NCAA? Men's League? That's a toughy.

Men's League, but we follow pretty standard rules. The player was in the
offensive zone, slow to clear the zone and his teammates iced the puck
from the defensive zone.

It's "Mite Fest" this weekend in addition to states, so I'll check out
the rules for NYS High School and Youth Hockey. My nephew drives me
nuts, he sort of roams around with one hand on his stick, hardly
backchecking, hardly hustling until he somehow gets the puck and then
he turns it on. Unfortunately, he's the leading scorer. For now. I
think it's going to be really tough for him when the other kids catch
up and he can no longer just skate around them. I don't know how
parents do it - if I had kids I'd probably have a heart attack!

JP

What age is mites? They had a tournament going on with some rather young
kids (elementary school age) at the rink today. Some of it was good
hockey, and some was everyone's in the corner chasing the puck. (I only
watched about 5 minutes.)

Puckdropper
--
Marching to the beat of a different drum is great... unless you're in
marching band.

To email me directly, send a message to puckdropper (at) fastmail.fm

Eugene wrote:

Robert Bonomi wrote:

Surgeons _have_ been known to use back saws to cut backs. grin


Funny you mention this, we were watching one of those educational
channels where they were showing brain surgery and the surgeon used a
9.6v Makita cordless drill to make a hole in the skull. I recognized
it since it was the same one I have in my garage.

Don't Try This At Home!

(Professional Surgeon in a closed operating room.)