Toolsday: The Last Metal Cutting Tool You'll Ever Need??? 

Reminds me of a giant can opener with the opposing pressure points. Someone used a tried & true kitchen tool to cut metal and applied the concept to a building tool. Smart person!

We started using this the other day at work. Stamping presses and rolled metal. Cuts through like a hot knife through butter. No more dealing with metal hand scissors and getting stuck half way. It’s a beast

Black and Decker made a rotary power shear back in the late 70's early 80's as a corded tool. Still use mine to this day. They are great on cardboard and carpet as well. Glad to see someone bringing the approach back.

Really like having ToolsDay back Kyle. 👍🏻 That is an impressive new tool tho.

I can see it blowing your mind as the video progressed.

Been installing sheet metal for over 20 years and that panel miter sold me. That’s sweet Kyle! Thanks for the video and all the hard work and attention to detail!!! ❤

Black and Decker offered a version of this tool back in the 1970's; Dad bought a reconditioned one for building pole barns on the farm, and it's held up well, with the complete lack of replacement cutter disks being the only downside. I was able to take it to work and sharpen them several times, but their now just about done. Glad to see someone else has stepped up; it's now on my list.

When I get to any sort of roofing, and taking my time to make straight cuts, I can see myself migrating to this tool.

I am an old guy with limited experience doing this sort of thing, but in the early 80's I built a metal over frame shed using galvanized surplus garage door metal. My buddy - very experienced in this and many other building trade areas - told me the best way to cut such metal was to use a circular saw with the blade REVERSED. It worked like a charm. I now have a collection of 18v Ridgid tools, and if I was going to do another similar shed, that's what I would use. Sometimes the old way is best, but this is just my two cents for whatever it's worth.

The price tag is a bit of a shocker but I feel that the tool deserves a shot on the playing field. I say run it on a job site and report back. I’m somewhat sold on it just based on your video. The facial expressions seemed pretty legit and you seemed impressed.

Circle cuts would have been a nice test. Thanks, Kyle. I think we will be seeing this tool in your trailer. Thanks again, as always.

Kyle,my best friend Tony Wachtel invited that tool ! He just called me and told me about your video on the tool (WAKTEL) I'm a subscriber and you just made our day! He gave me one to try on our construction site. Great tool. Keep the videos coming!!

Reminds me of cut-off wheels used on a break. They are awesome. So is the tool you demonstrated.

I used metal cutting nibblers in the shipyards, they were much larger but faster than cutting with tin snips/shears.I would have loved to use this in cutting bulkheads (walls ) on a ship. Great demonstration.

This is my neighbors product!!! I'm so excited to see you talking about it.

Brilliant. I have to put metal siding on all my cabins. Will buy one. Thanks again Kyle.

I've got an old black&decker from the late 70s or early 80s I've cut everything from sheet metal to carpet, vinyl, etc they're great for cutting shapes ( circles) as well. I can see this one has a huge advantage being cordless, I've came close to cutting the cord on mine lol. Also be interesting to know if the wheels would work on the old black & Deckers. PS try switching to the 1st gear might give you more control.

I think after a couple days in the field it will be your go-to

I'm retired and I hardly ever have the need to cut metal but was intrigued to watch the video. Seems like a great tool if spare parts are easy to get and longevity is proven. Excellent video presentation by the way.

After few years, 6-7 years, just delaying to buy one. I have just bought one, and paying over 157 dollars to send to Australia… Than you !

Hi Kyle, I just watched your demonstration on the new metal cutting tool. I have a corded Black & Decker rotary cutting tool that I've had since the early 80s that works just like the cordless tool you've demonstrated. I've cut all types of metal panels through the years with mine . Old technology incorporated into a cordless application.

Black and Decker made these years ago. I paid $180 on an auction for it and people thought I was nuts. I wore the wheels out and had a machine shop make new wheels for $250. Motor finally gave out. One of the greatest power tools ever owned and could never figure out why B&D discontinued or why someone else didn't start making them. Great tool! Glad to see someone get smart. That thing is a bargain for $400, the B&D was corded, that was the biggest downfall

The old timers loved the original Black and Decker version, my family had been crying for this to come back to the field. Thank you for letting us know it had been resurrected.

I was a professional panel beater before I retired and I have had a manual version of this kind of tool for 25 years, nothing new except being motorised. Looks like a good bit of kit.

I think the speed is awesome and I think it’s great for some applications. Having that big wheel on the bottom would make it hard to get into a tight place if you’re trying to cut something that was already up and mounted and just trim a little off but like any other tools, it’s not a one-size-fits-all, but there are some definite advantages to it.

This tool reminds me of the first bandsaws that came to market, they were good but had issues and once Milwaukee implemented the concept it quickly became a must have tool for us.

I didn't think it would work as well either. Although I was first a plumber, I got the HVAC disease a little later. Where I learned about the world of metal duct work and plenums- Who knew? For that sort of metal, where only the seal on the joint is necessary, it would be golden! Thanks for bringing it to us! FR

Skill made a Electric tool like this back in the 1980's! Worked great on corrugated barn tin.

We usually use a circular saw for soffit and metal roof cutting (upside down to not scratch the paint). It's faster than this but the noise is painful. I think this tool will end up in our trailer soon, thanks for showing it to us Kyle.

Dude this is sick! Exactly the tool I wanted you to review! Thanks man.

You're cracking me up every time the tool surprises you! Reminds me of when I was building a whisper room, and had to cut loads of fabric and Dacron. Bought a Makita electric shear and never looked back! Great video. I'd buy this tool if I did more metal work... Can't wait to hire you guys for my Barndo!!

For metal work that thing is great I think. I've actually been wanting a tool like this for a little while. If you don't have a break, and a cutter for your break this is great. Much quieter than the other tools too. Love the Toolsday! I'd hate to catch my finger in that thing tho, like if it was under the metal somehow and got rolled into the cutters.....buying!

"I'm a metal guy" *Pantera starts playing in head*

I used to do a lot of steel roofs and walls on farm buildings - would have loved to have had one of those. I still do lots of soffit, fascia, and vinyl siding. I'd like to see how it works on vinyl siding ... but I expect it would find the top ridge in the siding even more difficult to cope with than the double ridge on the soffits. Another issue with it for soffits and siding is whether it would be worth having something that big hanging from your tool belt instead of just carrying snips. Using it at a cutting station or when you are working off of scaffolds is one thing, but using it in situations where you have to hang it on your tool belt because there is no place to simply set it down is a whole new kettle of fish.

Love Toolsday! I think you have a new tool... I'd have to agree with everyone below, most edges will be covered and saving time is gold! Thanks for sharing.

I am in shock. Nice job sharing with us. Thank you!

I have the drill attachment style and haven’t used it a bunch yet but I’ve been impressed by how fast it cuts.

I do a lot of cutting hardware cloth for my chicken enclosures, so this thing has me very interested in that function alone. But, I also find myself cutting a lot of roofing panels for various sheds or coops, so with both needs, this tool seems to be something I would use a lot. When using metal panels, the most frustrating part of doing any roofing or siding project for me is the cutting. This could eliminate that frustration. Thanks!! Please do an update video of how it holds up over time with your line of work.

This is a mini shop slitter. Kinda cool. Tinner 33 years. Mostly HVAC. If you dont have a shear or slitter in your shop this would be great. I don't do much corrugated siding but when I do I use a cutoff wheel. Which always kind of sucks. If you work with corrugated no doubt it would be worth it.

His tool going to may tool box. Definitely good for flashing

Very nice. Sure would love for you to come to North Central Ohio and build a machinery shed/shop for me. Thanks for all the great content and for showing the pride in building things with your bare hands.

My thoughts on cutting wire with snips means those snips are good for only snipping wire afterwards. I noticed that you had better results when you cut material that wasn't hand held. Using a support will give better results. Pretty impressive results for a kind of expensive tool. I bought a China shear that attaches to a drill, but have yet to put it to a real test. A short test seems like it will work, but for how long, I don't know.

This is exactly the tool I have been looking for to cut mesh with

What a cool tool. Plus it is Made in the USA (Michigan). The tool cost makes sense for people who work with sheet metal every day.

That’s basically a battery powered slitter, a common cutting tool used in sheet metal fabrication shops. I might have to get one. I’d be curious to see how it does on a really steep valley cut.

Take it from a tinner, never ever cut wire with a snips. Next time you cut metal it's like cutting sandpaper.

Great new tool. I would try that on siding for sure. Great video. Thanks for taking the time to make tool videos.

VERY INTERESTING TOOL AND IMPRESSIVE...

As someone who has been in the sheet metal trade for about 10 years that chicken wire cut was impressive. If anyone has built a chicken coop it’s worth it just for that haha. Haven’t seen anything cut metal that fast so it’s very impressive. I think they have some fine tuning to do, so I’ll be watching and waiting.

It's weird how well it worked on the roofing metal, but struggled on the soffit. Pretty cool product

Happened across metal shears...after looking at it preform I noticed it was very similar to a tool I bought In 1982 the handel was near a jigsaw grip. It had two wheels..cool to see the new and improved version. Mine was manufactured by black and decker. They of course were geared towards joe homeowners but I ran the crap out of my shears. Great post brother

It is fast and light.... Good tool i guess. Thanks for sharing this with us Kyle. 👍😁

Hope you’ll take this to site and give it a work out. Would love a follow up video once you have a better idea how it does real work. Looks very promising!

I’ve cut panels and that looked so smooth. As popular as R panel is right now, I’ve wondered why someone hasn’t invented a better way to cut these panels.

Black & Decker used to make a tool just like this on their jig saw body. I had two of them and used them until they died. Why they quit making it I'll never understand. Glad to see someone is making a new one.

Nice intro! Good comparison. I don't do metal... yet. I like the tool reviews too! Thanks Kyle.

Interesting, very interesting. Use it on site for a build or two then post a follow up video. I'm real curious how it would hold up over time.

I’m sold , buying one

I've had one of those (coarded type) for at least 25 years, picked it up at a yard sale. It does work best if you can clamp your work piece securely.

That's awesome! The final cut looked smooth!

😮😮😮 nice

Cool tool. If you cut many holes, square or round you might want to try out the malco ts1 "turbo shear". It is a 2 handed operation which means your metal has to be stationary but does a good job of cutting sheet metal. And you can change direction mid cut or cut circles. HVAC trade tool.

Love the channel man!! Someone like me who has single side shears and snips that would be a big step up..Thanks for sharing them with us if you just throw them in a tool box send them to me instead 🤘

I would say buddy put that on your trailer that's a awesome tool for metal work

Looks like a real time saver. I still use a circular saw with a backwards blade to cut roofing, it does spark but it does a good job.

Wow, sold going to find it right now !!! I do quite a lot of metal work. Been looking for a better cutter. I normally use skill saw for cutting, but so dang loud. Thank you❤ 👍👍👍🌞

Made in Michigan, USA.

First view. Love the channel

Diggin’ the Tools Day intro. Thanks for bringing it back.

Thanks for reviewing this. I bought a version that connected to the front of a drill and it wasn't very good for cutting aluminum diamond plate once it hit the diamond plates. This has a bigger wheel.

Wow, ordering one now! for years, I’ve had to cut miles of the imperial rib, steel panels… I’ve never had a tool that can cut like that… I like the traction wheel on top, that provides its own power through the cut.. Thank you for this video!

Having just finished two extensive Gable ends... danm ... I could have done with having that in my tool kit.

I’ve seen other companies make versions of this tool as an attachment to a cordless drill, but all the ones I’ve seen looked cheaply made. I’m glad to see a quality version.

I'm very impressed. Thanks for this demonstration. Tony

Dude, I'm blown away by this panel cutter. Wow, what a great tool!

Impressed. And clean!

The most impressive new tool that I have seen in a long time and an excellent video! It looks like that with the design of the cutter wheels, a straight edge would work very well for straight cuts!

I like to get lots of tools that work great and your demo is very impressive. I’m thinking about buying one of these. I just got done doing a project with metal and I almost wish I could take it down and use this tool to see how well it works. Great video.

to see your surprise on how well it worked was fun to watch

Had to wait until the end to see if it would cut the roofing/siding. If I was still in the business, I'd buy a half dozen of those in an instant. Good show.

I have one that needs a drill, I just got it in the mail yesterday. I found out if I could control the speed, but I am impressed with what you demonstrated here today and the one I got in the mail. You have to be cutting a lot of medals, and the price is somewhat steep, the batterie options are nice. I would rate it a 9, there is always room for improvement.

I like it. Wish I had it when I built my shop lol! I used cut-off wheels & got it done. No funk the trim & caulking couldn't cover up😂

this little tool is very cool and i might just have to give it shot. we just use the Hilti 20v circular saw (6 1/2 ) with the metal cutting blade and we cut EVERYTHING with it, super quick, even up to 3/8 plate, even wood. there is literally nothing we cant cut with this saw on the job site. cons: its very loud and throws alot of metal. but i love it.

I've been using a Long-Neck Right Angle Cut-Off Wheel Tool for many years. You can cut 1" thick if you need to and it's easy to make beautiful straight lines. Also cheap but you need an air compressor.

Awesome tool. I use a 7 and 1/4 metal disc in a worm drive saw, and I only use that saw for metal, cut trim with snips, the saw leaves a steady bur but it all gets covered anyway 🤷🏼‍♂️

I like the optimism, and then it completely changed your mind. Now I want to try one myself. Good video

Nice. Think if I was cutting metal every day, I'd get one. 👍

I am not a professional as far sheetmetal work, but for some personal projects where I need to cut corrugated metal, I found a 12 inch bench shear worked well for me. The edge did distort a bit, but it was hidden behind a trim piece. The only other downside would be that it would naturally not be very portable.

I like the fact that is not noisy. It does seem to run pretty smooth over different types of material.

I use the dewalt impact shears in place of snips for the most part (drill powered single blade shear). For chicken wire or birdscreen I’ve found a kick shear works the best if you are in the shop. We have a machine called a slitter for cutting metal strips that works on the same principle as this tool with 2 cutting wheels. Hopefully when the cutting wheels get dull you can flip them 180 degrees and use the new surface.

Love the videos and respect the effort in your trade, As well as your demeanor. I worked for over a decade In the sheet metal trades and watching you use the red snips on the green side made my tummy hurt. If your going to use the reds on the green side or vise versa flip them upside down and cut from underneath. That way all the stretch and deformation is on the scrap side.

That is sick af! I’ll be buying one…if I can get one…on my next metal job. Killer.

Circular saw with the blade backwards is the best way to cut metal roofing. Been doing it for years and wouldn’t do it any other way

DEWALT Metal Shear/Cutter Drill Attachment, Impact Ready, 360 Degree Pivoting Head, Cuts 18GA Material (DWASHRIR). I have one of these and in my opinion it is one of the best. It will rip and cut across the residential metal fairly easy.

Great Review , Your Facial Expressions of Surprise where Priceless 🤣😂 , every time that Tool cut different materials for the First time and the Speed in which it did it , You were like WHAAAATT !!! 🤣😂😅👍🖖

I use a battery Dewalt skill saw with a metal cutting blade. Also soffit i made a plywood crosscut jig that i slide it into and it gives a guide for saw. i can screw my rail at angles if needed

💥over al you did a good job with it💯and it didn't stop triggered speed from start to finish wonderful tool📈

I have seen these for a little while and I must admit wondered whether they were cheap gimicks. You're "Hello!' pretty much said it all.

I like how Kyle is so organized and does such nice, detailed work but still has a huge mess in his own garage (just like mine).

I'm glad you tested it because I was wandering about it myself.