Snips

Snips, also known as shears, are hand tools used to cut sheet metal and other tough webs. It is a cutting tool. Workers use various types of snips, with the cutting edges being straight or curved to various degrees. The style of edge employed will depend if a straight sheer or some type of shapes cut is necessary. There are two broad categories: tinner's snips, which are similar to common scissors, and compound-action snips, which use a compound leverage handle system to increase the mechanical advantage.^[1]

^ Herren, Ray V.; Cooper, Elmer L. (2002), Agricultural mechanics: fundamentals & applications (4th ed.), Cengage Learning, p. 144, ISBN 978-0-7668-1410-3.

[1] Herren, Ray V.; Cooper, Elmer L. (2002), Agricultural mechanics: fundamentals & applications (4th ed.), Cengage Learning, p. 144, ISBN 978-0-7668-1410-3.

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