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Red Snips: Cut straight and left. Ideal for right-handed workers cutting counter-clockwise circles or trimming left edges. * Green Snips: Cut straight and right. Ideal for right-handed workers cutting clockwise circles or trimming right edges. * Yellow Snips: Cut straight lines only. They have wide blades designed to clear the metal easily but cannot turn tight corners.
Red Snips: Cut straight and left. Ideal for right-handed workers cutting counter-clockwise circles or trimming left edges. * Green Snips: Cut straight and right. Ideal for right-handed workers cutting clockwise circles or trimming right edges. * Yellow Snips: Cut straight lines only. They have wide blades designed to clear the metal easily but cannot turn tight corners.
Field Tip: Look at the top blade. Red snips have the top blade on the left; green snips have it on the right.
Use this as training guidance. The foreman, approved drawings, project specs, manufacturer installation instructions, employer safety policy, and AHJ/code requirements always control the final answer.