STOP DOING THIS WRONG! How To Use Aviation Snips The RIGHT WAY
STOP DOING THIS WRONG! How To Use Aviation Snips The RIGHT WAY. In this video we teach and show the #verycoolgang how to use aviation snips the right way and what to stop doing when using them! Stop doing this wrong by watching the video and learning the in's & out's of aviation snips. We teach you what the different colors of aviation snips are for by demonstrating cuts using red, green, and yellow snips. These aviation snips are from WISS Snips who is owned by Cresent tools and make some of the sharpest snips on the market! Let us know in the comments below if you have been using your snips the right way this whole time or if you learned something from this video. Also let us know who makes your favorite aviation snips and which color is your favorite to use. Thank you for watching!
I’m a roofer in New Zealand, 99% of our work is metal roofing, we use the wiss and Midwest offset snips ( Midwest’s mainly for flashings) . You’ll find if you turn your snips upside down they’ll add another set of cuts to your arsenal and they offcuts will peel down rather than up.
Midwest are the best I've tried every brand and I always could get by with just the greens if I had to buy we used 16 g Sheet metal and sometimes the cuts had to be perfect and Midwest are the best I've used
This gay guy is annoying
What Terry said basically. But flipping them upside down can turn one set of snips into its opposite. What do I mean my that? Reds putting the cut/waste material on the left side; when flipped upside down will put waste/cut material on the right side. This will keep you from having to swap in most situations. I rotate and use red and green when I can for it’s practical purpose when I’m doing repetitive left and right cuts, but when it’s quick small stuff I need to cut, I’ll cut the not Al way with a pair of reds then flip them upside down and cut with them.
@@QUANTRELLBISHOP rotating will make no difference at all
Me: "This is a great video with good info!" Guy in navy tee: "Good-freaking-grief how long can he go on about this?!?! I was just making a short cut!!!"
Was told when young green for right turns red for left, yellow for straight and sometimes my cut looked like I used a hatchet , now I know color for direction of waste and finish results are amazing. Thanks Vince
My Dad was a metal worker and he never got a chance to teach me this. Thanks for helping me learn about my dads work.
Awesome video. Always have loved my wiss snips. Thanks for the tips. Need more videos like this always
Thanks for teaching me something new Vince Didn't know any of this Good informative video
I've always had dramas and difficulties using snips and choosing the correct one for a particular cut. It was even more difficult being a left hander, but you cleared up a lot of things more than anyone else even after being shown dozens of times. Thanks for sharing. 😉👌🏻
AWESOME content Vince!!! Thank you as always for your helpful content!!! You and the rest of VCG ROCK!!! Hope you and the Mrs are on tonight but if not.... HOPE YOU TWO, VCG GANG HAVE THE BEST, SAFEST WEEKEND!!!!!
Thanks Robert, we appreciate you, stay safe my friend!
Great vid Vince!spent time as a 'tin knocker' reds and greens my big Malcos for straight runs. You're right. Whatever you are cutting the waste side curls out the top so as not to ripple your finish side. Be sure to lay the blade flat against work....your wrist will be cocked slightly right or left depending on snip choice. Tip on cutting penetrations in duck work. Place a screwdriver tip on edge in the center of your cut andhit itwith hammer. This will leave a hole. Use either red or greens and cut in a circular motion until you reach near the edge of your finish cut. The metal you've removed looks like a cork screw. Now you can trim the last of your metal for a perfect cut. Sounds like a lot but becomes very quick. Also lose the plastic handle. This will allow your hand to slip around the tool as needed. Keep em coming Vince.
This is very important when installing rain gutters and downspouts. I did that for a few months and using the red or green snips properly makes a big difference. I personally used the Midwest snips over the Malco brand. I found the Midwest to be very smooth and require less force to cut thicker metals over the Malco or big box store brands.
Thanks for the feedback Josh!
Midwest is the best brand. Been using them for 6 years.
Lolol I totally just watched this even though I would never have to use this on the job. Vince you do an awesome job of making shit interesting. It all makes sense now lol. 🙏🏻🙏🏻 solid video bud
Thanks for all the examples of using them! That was fantastic over the lip service run into a bunch.
Will be buying the greens & reds great video.. 👍 Blessings from the 🇬🇧 in these very difficult time's
Sweet video guys thanks for showing us how to use them properly, plus it's good for me because, I'm a lefty.
Thanks for the content. It's helped me understand proper use of these tools, how and why they function the way they do. I've been building barns for a while. Now finding myself in a position of lead more often, I can no longer Wing knowing how to do things properly.
That makes sense thanks for explaining it. I had no i idea.
Had no idea the colors signify each unique purpose for cutting waste direction. Super helpful thanks for the tip!
I think I knew this but had forgotten! Thanx VCG!
When I first started out in hvac doing installs 3 and a half years ago I definitely botched some cuts by not using the proper snips lol. The first dozen times using the malco nibbler I always went clock wise thinking it was like using the greens. You live and you learn. Wish i seen this video before making those mistakes lol. Great video man 👍
Thanks Dylan, we appreciate it!
I have these same Wiss snips. This is the first video I've seen that actually explains how the damn things work. It's all about the waste side. THANK YOU!!!! And yes, they seem sharper than your old brand was when you got them - makes perfect sense lol.
Thanks for a very informative video! Well presented & full of hands on experience & knowledge! Cheers from Western Australia!
Danged if I didn't learn something new!!! Thanks for the lesson and the knowledge Vince! Hope all is healthy and well with the VCG crew and fam, and it stays that way!
Thanks Nate, we appreciate it, stay safe my friend!
Thanks for the simple explanation.
Thanks...learned something new! Appreciate it.
I need to make a few birthday / Christmas present recommendations for me to receive. I only have one color of snips. Great video.
Never knew that. Thanks Vince. You make that look very easy. I've always just had a Yellow for home DIY and I've seriously struggled in some cases. I'll have to look at the others.
Thank you Fiddle!
That was very informative and it will help me with my work , thank you guys !
Great advice Vince. I prefer the yellow for working with roof flashing. 🍻🤙
Very educational. Thank you Vince. Very cool video. I am a user of the Midway brand. I like the educational format of your resend video. Looking forward to the next one.
Thank you Stephen!
Man This A very Nice Demostration i see using this tools and give me idea what the proper tools I buy. Good Job.
Thanks Vince always learn somthing new watching your vids,wishing you all well from the UK
Thanks Steve, we appreciate you!
Great info. I found this out the hard way after cutting up probably 40 feet of corrugated steel panels. I just couldn't figure out why my cuts were going so poorly until I saw the red handled tool sitting in the tool box lol.
I have used the greens and reds for years and a pair of big Malco snips for those long runs
Thank you so much for your time making this videos....I am just starting and I have always new they were different but this is the real explanation...great work....
Happy Saturday, VCG! Keep up the great job 👍🧰👍😍
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Hi Guys!!! Thanks Vince/Mikey/Nick for this series of videos! With all the stay-at-home virus orders going on, it's a big comfort to watch you guys building stuff and hanging out with us. Any chance of doing any live videos from the work site? :-)
Great video, man. Picked up the Crescent Wiss 9-3/4 snipes. Had no idea the yellow handles served a greater purpose. Thank for the education. /Bklyn👑
Great video. Helpful as I’m doing some cuts to hvac ducts.
Many thanks God bless you for sharing your useful experience with us
Been subscriber for a minute but haven’t paid close attention to the channel. But man you guys go into damn good detail. Really good shiz man.
I have done some construction over the yrs. Everything from basic electrical, weathering, roofing, stucco ( which I hate and never do agian my hands were raw) , some framing ( built a barn and a she'd which I turned into a small bedroom) but mostly did ceremic tile only thing in that I didn't learn was lay out. With all the said I learned something on this video I thought they made right cut stright cut and left cut boy was I worng I'm always glad to learn new things.
Wow! I totally didn't know. Thanks for educating me.
Awesome video, thx a lot! You saved my project!
glad you explained that to all of the construction folks. in Aircraft work when you are cutting much thicker aluminum in most cases the L, R, Straight pair are a must. the yellow doeant get used nearly as much as the L and R pair in our world. plus if you see someone that doesnt have all 3 we usually just know that they are either new hire or have no idea what they are doing. tells you how different industries think
Thanks for the feedback Ray !
No doubt, I'm the guy that thought the greens were for right handers...lol I'm right handed social bought them (Milwaukee) no wonder they were out of stock on the yellow ones. Smh. I just needed snips around the house for trim and DIY stuff. I have no business having aviation anything 🙃😆 I thought I was getting a bargain at $14
most people buy yellow so they can see them streams out... lol
Your so informative bigman definitely opened my eyes
For HVAC Reds for counter clockwise cutting and greens for clockwise. Straights I guess to cut shingles for roof jacks.
Yellow is also great at cutting slock
@@jacobsimerman5281 I normally use my bull nose but they are not long enough to cut straight through.
I learned a lot thank you for this!
Nice! I didn't know all this. :)
thanks for the video, I recently joined the carpenters union and the journeyman i'm working with told me to just get the reds cause I'm right handed. Now I understand why it was a struggle to cut from some directions and bought all 3 colors to try them out.
Very informative.... ThankU..!
Good info. Great video!
Thx for sharing your knowledge 😊
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One of your better videos! Thanks
Great explanation!👍🏻
Reds were my favourite up until now. Now I know how to use them, they are all my favourite. I work with sheet metal everyday. Great video!! Big ups!!
I'm a GC that always avoided using snips.. Rarely had use for them but when I did, it would always be absolute frustration.. You're video really cleared things up for me and am now looking forward to putting your advise to use.. Thanks for the great info..
Thanks Bobby!
Midwest offset snips are the way to go!!!!!
Reds and greens will do it all, and cutting circles are a breeze!
I agree Midwest is the best mine are 15 years old and work better than any others
Commercial tin knocker here !
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Critical Sheet Metal Apprentice no i wish ... just a commercial company
Thanks again Vince !!! I knew that there were 3 colors but not sure what each of them did? Great overview of what each one is for. Say hi to the Mrs and God Bless you 🙏🙏 Thanks for sharing your thoughts and videos Rodney
Thanks Rodney, we appreciate it, hope you’re well, and stay safe my friend!
Learning a lot that I don't learn in the field. Thank you.
Awesome, thanks Drew!
Wow, awesome video - thanks!
Hey, thanks for that that was actually really informative.
Thank you levi!
Well I gotta say I learned something new thank you
Really good vid. Thank you.
I love these videos! I learn a ton from them
Thank you steven!
very educational. thank you.
awesone!!!! thanks you master!!!
Thanks for sharing! I have always just used yellow but im an electrician and dont do much framing.
Thank you Alex!
very useful explanation. thx!
Awesome info man. I'm not sure if it would work in a lot of your situations but you might check out Makitas cordless nibbler.
Great information. Thank you.
Thank you Charles!
Great video. I find I can cut very smooth straight long lines with yellow easily, as long as you cut off a lot of the waste first.
thank you brother!👍👍👍 ..😁💓💓💓 from the Philippines!👍👍👍
Great video thank you for making that
Glad it’s helpful Todd
Useful practicum. 真正的專家！👍
Good on ya for pressing forward. Don't let your handicaps slow you down.
Wooooaaaah!! Thanks vince! I'm going to try that on my L Channel ends in tile showers!!
Wow, all these years I never realized it's just which side you want it to discharge. Thanks Vince!
Ima destroy my boss with my skills now!
That is very nice cutting work. I forgot how these snips worked. I'm going out tomorrow to purchase a set because I have to cut stainless sheet. I had a set but they were stolen years ago and I see on Home Depot that I can buy a set of all 3. Tomorrow I will buy the set. I am a machinist and I'm going to be using the stainless steel sheet to protect A2 tool steel from scaling while I heat treat it.
I laughed loud at 1:06🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 All that American confidence right there on his chin!!!!
Haha I didn't even notice 😂 That's normal for me to see here
One of my favorite tools
You guys make this look so easy lol.
Nice video for beginners. I prefer nowadays using my cordless Hilti grinder for most all my sheet aluminum cuts as a Glazier. Keep up the good work VCG. Gonna miss the weekend streams tho😕
Thank you Matt! We are working on the weekend streams
Nice Video! Thanks guys.
Thanks for watching!
I never really seen the need for the yellows but after this video I'll be adding them to the tool pouch I personally like my Milwaukee snips but am curious now I might get a set of wiss
My dad had a pair I used in the past yellow, I might buy a new pair though I remember using the dual hand cut shier one time in my past. Those are great for duct work. Currently, I use tin snips. I tried the Kobalt Vinyl Siding Snips though not as good as Wiss Aluminum Snips from using both to cut siding though tin snips cut easier then Aluminum Snips. I sometime use Aviation Snips, if handed to me, which I also looked at the way the metal would cut though they only had one type instead of all of them. I would like to see green in heavier gauge like the red is currently. Thanks for the video Vince.
Thanks Bryan we appreciate the feedback
Never knew! Thanks Vince.
Thank you Tom!
Also good for diffrent angle cuts like duct work or cutting circles
That's funny I use all three snips to to make perfect cut and my co workers always criticize me because I carry all three on my belt lol I knew I wasn't doing anything wrong
I wonder what their thought process is and what they’re laughing about? I guess the jokes on them!! 👍🏻
Your also 2 snips healthier than your coworkers. 😆
Lol are they laughing cause you carry more tools tgan they cary teeth . Idiots with crinkled cuts .
Depends what your profession is. Of you're a carpenter, then there is no reason to carry all three sets of snips with you at all times. If you're doing fascia, soffit, etc., then that makes sense. If you're framing, or installing cabinets, or doing base/crown...yeah, you're being silly.
Guys will always make fun of each other until it becomes illegal one day
Carpenters local 83, framer formworker scaffolder, just getting into commercial/highrise cladding. Thanks for the info!
thanks for the explain. im 1 of those that thought the colors were for making round cuts
Thank you for the feedback Eric!
Thanks vince,I've always used the yellow snips,I have seen the other colors but thought it was just a different brand.
Thank you for the feedback Pasquale Cuda!
Im not much of a milwaukee tool fan, but their snips are amazing!
What's your thoughts on Nibblers compared to Double cut shears Vince?
As a gutter installer i can attest to your correctness on this matter. It’s not over-kill when you want a good looking finish. And it only adds a few seconds. Next time speak to which way you lean/lean the ‘snips’ when cutting. And Wiss are the Cadillac of aviations
I used to install nothing aluminum and I would agree with you 100% the only thing I would add if it's a long cut "scissors" I find are much easier on long cuts and have never had an issue with them
Thanks Karl, we appreciate the feedback!
you really have to lean them a lot when cutting circular holes for downspout drops
@@Wazoo117 there is actually cutters for that!
@@John42832 yea we have the puch that makes the x for 2x3 spouts but our supplier has oval drops for 3x4 which we dont have a punch for
This is helpful
Thanks mate - I learnt something
Thank you John!
Can you cut through a steel plate with those? I need to make a cylinder guard security plate shorter?
Thanks for the video. What brand is your tape measure?
Lufkin shock force
A good tutorial on tin snips.
Yo fellas! I've used the greens upside down and work great when used in that fashion. Especially to keep my knuckles down and away from the cut material. Reds for knuckles staying up and away from the cut. Yellows have always been my backup to reds and greens in a pinch. Tip on snipping metal stud while stud is horizontal: 1. Cut upper flange. 2. Cut lower flange. 3. Bend stud with remaining strong side intact. 4. Score the bent seam with a razor knife a couple of times (Yes, it's hard on the razor.) 5. Bend the shorter end of stud back and forth until friction breaks the metal (about 3 or 4 times) 5. Admire perfectly straight cut (break) between flange cuts 1 and 2. Thanks guys and God bless!😁👍
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Blades are cheap at least. Good tip.