Goat Tool Day 11

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Nibbles!

Need to cut out odd shapes or holes in sheet metal (or other hard material), but tin snips won’t fit? Need to drill a square hole? This is the tool for the job.

Just drill a small hole (1/4" or 3/8" depending on the tool) and you can make a square hole in the middle of a panel. Or start nibbling from the edge

The one above is a manual nibbler, and costs around $10. But you can upgrade to fancier manual nibblers, or powered versions if you’ve got a real appetite for metal. Some of the powered ones have large heads though, so you’ll need a much larger starting hole.

Drill adapter:

Electric:

Pneumatic:

https://www.allelectronics.com/item/nct/nibbler/cutter/1.html