Tin snip grips are typically colored red, yellow, or green, and it's not for cosmetic reasons. Each color signifies a different direction that the snips are made to cut. Red snips cut left.

Michael McConnell is the former editor of Snips. Michael had been with BNP Media since April 2000. Prior to joining BNP, he was an award-winning staff writer with Heritage Newspapers, a chain of ...

But that hasn’t stopped Reid from trying, and thanks to his work with the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air- Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and the Spiral Duct Manufacturers ...

Surplus stores or airport sheetmetal shops are good places to look for sheet aluminum. But make sure the numbers or letters like 1100, 3003, or 5005 H-14 are stenciled on the surface.