Made for precise cutting: professional tools for metal, sheet metal and more
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Whether sheet metal, aluminium or fine materials – every cut counts in cutting technology. BESSEY offers you clever solutions for this: from robust sheet metal shears and versatile combination shears to lever-assisted models for maximum force, to precise cutter knives and handy multi-tools. Our tools are designed for tough everyday use in workshops and on construction sites – and make your work easier, faster and more accurate.
When it comes to cutting with millimetre precision and clean cut edges, you can rely on BESSEY. Our cutting tools offer powerful performance with minimal effort – ideal for professionals in metal construction, plumbing or for precise work around the home. They are well thought-out down to the last detail, built to last and perfectly tailored to your requirements. This allows you to work more efficiently, more safely and with genuine professional tools that deliver what they promise.
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What users say about our products
"I love BESSEY hand-operated tin snips! Since completing my training, I wouldn't want to cut anything with anything else. They're precise and, above all, comfortable to hold."
Mitsch
Plumber
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Frequently asked questions about cutting technology
In standard tin snips, edges and handle are traditionally forged into one unit. The force required for cutting is determined by the ratio of edge length to the handle length.
Compound leverage snips comprise a cutter head and a handle. The compound action produces additional leverage.
Shape and straight cutting snips
Shape and straight cutting snips are real "all-rounders". They can cut through a metal sheet (straight-cut) as well as cut large and small contours or radii (outlinecut). In this case, it does not matter whether you are cutting at the edge (edge cut) or at the centre of a sheet. You can naturally use shape and straight cutting snips for notching-operations.
Shape cutting snips
Shape cutting snips are best suited when you want fine and narrow radius cuts near the edges of a metal sheet. You can use the delicately shaped edge of these snips to cut extremely narrow shapes or curves without any problem.
Straight cutting snips
Do you wish to cut a metal sheet at the centre and / or near the edges? Then the perfect tool for you is the straight cutting snips. You can use long edges of this tool to cross-cut and notch large metal sheets quickly and precisely with less effort.
Right cutting snips are sharpened and designed so that they can cut right radii (i. e. a curve from left to right) easily. Left cutting snips are the best for radius cuts from right to left.
The common perception is that, right cutting snips are for right-handers, and left cutting snips for left-handers. This is not true. In fact, it is the other way round. If you, a right-hander, are cutting a radius (see above, from left to right), using right cutting snips, you have to cut outwards from your wrist. With left cutting snips, (radius is then from right to left) you can cut inwards from your wrist. This is considerably more ergonomic. Try it out once!
Not only the quality of the snips influences the result. The correct handling of the tool also matters:
The metal sheet must be laid flat on the level jaw surface of the snips. Only in this way an optimum cutting pattern can be achieved by virtue of the cutting radii. It will warp if it is not flat on the jaw. Greater effort and shorter product life expectancy are the consequence of incorrect use.
For cutting, the snip jaws should be opened wide and the sheet metal pushed as far as possible into the jaws of the snips. The snips should not be completely closed when cutting: After about ¾ of the cutting length, open and close the snips again. Only in this way can a burr-free cut be made. If the snips are completely closed, small transverse tears occur with each cut at the end of the cut.
It is also important that hand tin snips are only used for cutting thin sheet metals made from soft metals and steel. They are not suitable for separating round and rectangular metal shapes such as wire. This would lead to blade breakage.
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If the manual force is not sufficient for cutting the sheet metal, there could be two reasons for this. Either the blades are just dull, or the metal sheet may be too thick. When using hand tin snips, it is important to note that one should only cut sheet metals up to a thickness of 1.2 to 1.9 mm. This will vary depending on the type of sheet metal, however, as well as the quality of steel.