Best cutters for cutting HC without much effort

[hayley3]

A lot of my stuff is still in storage since I moved and I can't find my cutters so now I"m trying to find them but can't find anything that looks like them, so hoping someone has great cutters that they love and can tell me the name. I have no hand strength to speak of so they have to be really sharp.

Thanks!

 

[rosemarythyme]

Gloves for sure.

That's with gloves. And I even use foam padding between the glove and the handles of the snips to further reduce pressure and rubbing.

Best case scenario for me is convincing hubby to cut the HWC for me but I do about 95% of the work outside.

 

[sdm111]

Any home improvement store will have them by the siding and trim coil. There's a few different styles. The good ones like the ones above are really light with replaceable blades


These are a little cheaper

 

[Ted_Harrell]

I told someone I know one time that you never know how much stuff you really have until you have to move it all. Probably why I don't want to move...

 

[aart]

I use tin snips too, they are made for cutting metal so really should need to be sharpened.
I actually cut on the garage floor and push bottom handle against the floor to 'increase' the force to more than just squeezing the handles.

 

[perkolator]

I dunno why it hasn’t been suggested yet, but an angle grinder w/cutoff disk is perhaps one of the easiest ways to cut hardware cloth, diamond lathing, fencing, etc. I used this method on my hardware cloth and it was not only faster and easier to cut, but gave me the ability to cut off the protruding tines on my cut edge so I get a “smooth edge” like the factory top/bottom edge of the roll = less cuts on me and looks better. So yeah, use a grinder. If you don’t have one yet, get one, it’s a versatile tool.

 

[ColoradoPip]

Dremel tool with a small cutting wheel. Makes really quick work of it with no strength necessary!

 

[sdm111]

Vinyl siding snips

Like cutting paper

 

[hayley3]

Thanks! Not sure which brand I have but they cut hardware cloth easily and I was just looking at these on Amazon..if I can't find my Dremel, I will have to buy some. Everytime I move I have to buy things I already have and why I have so much stuff!

At least I know these work great! Thanks again!

 

[Birdinhand]

I have found sheet metal snips to be the best:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Milwauk...ERCH=REC-_-pipsem-_-100060795-_-302716396-_-N