Standard Tool Kit – Essential Metalworking Tools

Standard Tool Kit – Essential Metal Roofing Tools

A compact set of the tools you actually need to fit a metal roof, put together for self-builders and contractors alike. It strips the job back to its essentials – cutting, folding, marking and hand protection – without the cost of a full professional set, which makes it the sensible starting point for a first metal roof or cladding project.

Cutting is covered by a matched pair of tin snips, one right-hand cut and one left-hand cut. Having both is the point: a single pair forces you to approach every curve from the same side, while the pair lets you follow a line in either direction and keep the offcut clear of the blade. The bending tool handles folds and returns along edges and around flashings, and the metal marker pen sets out cuts on coated sheet without scratching through the finish.

Metalworking gloves complete the kit. Freshly cut steel sheet leaves an edge sharp enough to cause real injury, and a cut hand is what most often stops a roofing job in its tracks.

Kit contents

• Tin snips, right-hand cut
• Tin snips, left-hand cut
• Bending tool
• Metal marker pen
• Metalworking gloves

Specification

Step up to the large tool kit if you need clinching and Piccolo pliers, a scriber and a rolling tool bag as well.