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RIGHT CUTTING OFFSET SNIPS - 48-22-3079 shopping for tin snips, and  specifically for aviation snips, you'll  notice several types: straight-cut,  right-cut and left-cut snips, often  marked with yellow, green and red,  respectively. Each is suited to specific  cutting tasks. The forged steel jaws  of these left-cutting or right  -cutting snips are set at a 90- degree angle to allow easy  gripping when cutting sheet metal  in tight spaces or overhead.  The operator can follow tight circular  or square pattern left or right  cuts with either a pushing or  pulling motion.Left cut snips are for making  to the left and straight cuts.  Right cut snips are for making straight  and cuts to the right. Straight cut snips (not shown) are for making straight cuts  and shallow cuts to the right or left. Right hand tin snips are suitable  for cutting straight lines and cutting  off in an anti-clockwise direction.  Best suited for right handed use.  hand tin snips are suitable for cutting  off in a clockwise direction and for  cutting straight lines. Best suited for  left handed use. Types of Tin Sni They are also useful for  making long cuts through  sheet metal, should you  need to. However,  you're going to make a  long cut through sheet metal,  especially a straight one, a pair of snips with offset handles is the  way to go. Each color signifies a  different direction that  the snips are made to cut.  Red snips cut left. Yellow snips  cut straight or left and right. Green snips cut right. HVAC and sheet metal  pros agree: When making long,  straight cuts in thinner-gauge  sheet metal, tinner snips are the  way to go. They're a simple, economical,  and durable cutting solution for many sheet  metal and HVAC applicatioN.