Cutting metal panels on site is a part of installing metal roofing and wall panels. However, the right tools and methods must be used to ensure the panels remain protected from damage and their ...

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 ...

Plasma cutters and oxy-acetylene torches are the preferred way to cut sheets of metal. But if you’re not geared up with those tools and still need to cut some steel, you have a few other options.

My favorite tools for accurately cutting sheetmetal are aircraft shears. These are available in most hardware or big-box stores, and are quite affordable. They come in left (red), right (green), and ...

Look around you. Is there anything – anything – within a 25- to 30-foot radius that could catch on fire if, say, a shower of sparks were to land on it? Are you sure? What are you wearing? Does your ...

Soft, lightweight, and virtually maintenance-free, that’s aluminum – a popular choice across all industries, from aerospace to automotive and construction. It is soft enough to be cut by manual tools, ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Metal isn’t hard to cut, and a hacksaw isn’t difficult to use. That’s not our opinion ...

When you think of a high-speed cutting implement like one of Ryobi's circular saws, your first inclination would probably be to use it on wood. Indeed, circular saws, much like unpowered saws, are ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Your everyday permanent markers, glue sticks and packing tape may offer a surprisingly low-tech solution to a long-standing nuisance in the manufacturing industry: Making soft ...