HVAC professionals working with sheet metal, ductwork, and tubing need tools proven to stand up to the test of time: tools that can gouge, drill, crimp, cut, seam, fasten — or maybe a combination ...

Discover the secrets behind creating your very own essential tool for sheet metal work! In this informative and engaging ...

A punch/shear combo’s greatest strength is its throughput—delivering parts ready for the next operation, no shake-and-break ...

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 ...

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 ...

However, "Plopp" was only a first step. The aim is to make normal commercial 0.5 -- 2 mm thick sheet metal usable for new applications in architecture via a tool-free deformation method after ...

Using 3D printed forms to bend sheet metal isn’t exactly new. We’ve seen several people create custom dies for their brakes, and the results have shown the concept has merit for small-scale production ...