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I wish I had watched this video before attempting downspout repairs and replacements yesterday .... this is THE BEST instructional video. Thank you so much for sharing your professional expertise.
Thank you for taking the time to upload this video. Didn't know what tool to use to shorten the downspout I just brought home. And, didn't know that 5 finger crimper tool even existed!
THANK YOU! for this video. Answered a bunch of questions, solved even more problems. This goes on the list of things a guy should know how to do. So simple yet if you don't know (I didn't) you don't know. Now I know. Thanks again!
This was a very helpful video! Thank you for sharing. The downspout Home Depot sold was a slightly thicker gauge steel so I needed to drill a small pilot hole before using the box cutter. I am so glad I watched this first before I started cutting!
Thank you so much. This was a great video. For the uninitiated I think a saw may bend things and crush things. These snips allow for precision and not worrying about bending the tin all about.
Great video. Love how you went straight to the point without making unnecessary comments and it was very Technical and specific of how to do it congratulation. Keep it up. I also did subscribe👏👏👏
You are a artist. Doing your second demonstration, even your cut with the red handle to work around as you cut the line with the green ones came out straight.
Haha! I messed up a downspout install yesterday (first time I tried), so I have to redo it. I just bought a crimper, and with your instructions, I think things will go much better. Thanks for posting the video!
I’ve been doing sheet metal since 1998 HVAC. I’ve fabricated in shops and installed residential and commercial ductwork and I can tell you right now those strait aviation snips are good for some stuff but what you need to make this a lot easier for hand tools I’m talking is look for offset snips any brand you like Malco or dewalt it doesn’t matter.
Awesome video.. Saved me hiring someone to do a minor downspout fix!! Excellent instructions and very clear and easy to follow. Loved having the links to the proper tools too! thanks
What a great display! I am VERY grateful you decided to do this. I always wondered about the three pack and why they went together. I was just about to cut some downspouts and this is my chance.
acservicetech Even more awesome is that I just popped your icon (I was rushing before) and discovered that you hold the secret knowledge to the next subject on my wish list. It was serendipity! See you soon-a lot.
Yes. Thanks for this video. I am trying to put in a rain barrel onto an existing downspout. Ahhh, I need to get tin snips now. I tried to use a sawsall. Lol.
Thank you for the video. Been trying to figure out how to get a 25ft downspout cutdown to fit in my car instead of paying $83 to have a $8 downspout delivered by Lowe's / Home Depot.
Great video, thank you so much! My dogs mangled 4 downspouts and now I have a project on Sunday. I purchased downspout connectors. Should I instead invest in a 5 blade crimper tool?
I you want to get really picky, plan ahead so that straps cover the cuts. Only use the shortest possible pop rivets. Don't stress tooo much on possible leaks, In most applications everything will be wet because uh raining. A low spot in the gutter or a joint over a doorway will be a problem to avoid.
How ever from my last comment if that is the only tools you have then great video and getting to the point. I did not mean anything ugly. But when I thought about it I could see how that could be taken.
Nice tips! I normally do a rough cut with a hacksaw or grinder about 1/2" big then clean it up with snips. I find doing it all with snips damages too much downspout on the waste side.
Instead of using a razor to cut a hole into in just use a flat screw driver and hit it into the ends that join each other and lift it up so you can stick your tin snips to cut along the line safer and faster then using a razor.
Why to much effort. I've never seen so much work go into cutting a downspout. Use a miter saw,skill saw,hacksaw o even one skill saw. Not sure what he was doing
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I use a hammer for this. I just pound it until the metal gives up, then I pound the downspout to hell, and shove it in. It doesn't look pretty, but you don't need 9 tools. I pretty much use a hammer for everything, including wood.
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Midwest brand off set snips are on a 39degree angle and gets your hands away, especially the long cut.
Wow. I never knew there were “left cut” and “right cut” tin snips. You learn something new every day. Thank you!
Well, thank you so much. Worked like a charm….I’m a 77 yr lady. Was a little hard going over the seam but used two hands.
I wish I had watched this video before attempting downspout repairs and replacements yesterday .... this is THE BEST instructional video. Thank you so much for sharing your professional expertise.
Thank you for taking the time to upload this video. Didn't know what tool to use to shorten the downspout I just brought home. And, didn't know that 5 finger crimper tool even existed!
Excellent. Answered questions I didn't even know I should have.
Well I've been cutting sheet with tin snips for 30 years and I never realized they were left/right directional like that. Makes total sense.
THANK YOU! for this video. Answered a bunch of questions, solved even more problems. This goes on the list of things a guy should know how to do. So simple yet if you don't know (I didn't) you don't know. Now I know. Thanks again!
Thats so awesome, of 590 videos, this was the first one I ever did. So glad it helped you!!!! Encouraging!
This was a very helpful video! Thank you for sharing. The downspout Home Depot sold was a slightly thicker gauge steel so I needed to drill a small pilot hole before using the box cutter. I am so glad I watched this first before I started cutting!
Thank you so much. This was a great video. For the uninitiated I think a saw may bend things and crush things. These snips allow for precision and not worrying about bending the tin all about.
Thanks theresa t!
Great video. Love how you went straight to the point without making unnecessary comments and it was very Technical and specific of how to do it congratulation. Keep it up. I also did subscribe👏👏👏
Thanks Roger!
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You are a artist. Doing your second demonstration, even your cut with the red handle to work around as you cut the line with the green ones came out straight.
That was my very first video in 2016, thanks so much for your encouragement!
Haha! I messed up a downspout install yesterday (first time I tried), so I have to redo it. I just bought a crimper, and with your instructions, I think things will go much better. Thanks for posting the video!
Funny enough this is the first video I ever did so its really cool to see it is still being used!
Bro thank you so much just started HVAC in school can’t thank you enough WILL be going through these videos each. THANK YOU AGAIN.
I’ve been doing sheet metal since 1998 HVAC. I’ve fabricated in shops and installed residential and commercial ductwork and I can tell you right now those strait aviation snips are good for some stuff but what you need to make this a lot easier for hand tools I’m talking is look for offset snips any brand you like Malco or dewalt it doesn’t matter.
Excellent video and refresher course for my small gutter job tomorrow. THANKS very much THUMBS UP!!!
I’m starting here, I’m tasking myself with watching your entire RUclips channel dude 👍
Nice, yeah the very first video was off topic but still related in regards to cutting pipe, thanks!
That was awesome; simple, straightforward and very understandable.
Thank you so much for uploading this!
Excellent,"just what I needed to know," how-to video. Thank-you.
Awesome video.. Saved me hiring someone to do a minor downspout fix!! Excellent instructions and very clear and easy to follow. Loved having the links to the proper tools too! thanks
I am really glad you enjoyed it!
So helpful. Thank you. It seems like esoteric knowledge, but you make it so simple.
Thanks Becky!
What a great display! I am VERY grateful you decided to do this. I always wondered about the three pack and why they went together. I was just about to cut some downspouts and this is my chance.
That is awesome! That is the very first video I had ever done. That was my test video so I am glad you found it useful!
acservicetech Even more awesome is that I just popped your icon (I was rushing before) and discovered that you hold the secret knowledge to the next subject on my wish list. It was serendipity! See you soon-a lot.
Ha ha, sounds good NMranchhand!
Thank you for the education Sir. Now I know how and what to do Sir.
Great vid thanks
Yes. Thanks for this video. I am trying to put in a rain barrel onto an existing downspout. Ahhh, I need to get tin snips now. I tried to use a sawsall. Lol.
Nice!
Thank you for the video. Been trying to figure out how to get a 25ft downspout cutdown to fit in my car instead of paying $83 to have a $8 downspout delivered by Lowe's / Home Depot.
Great video, thank you so much! My dogs mangled 4 downspouts and now I have a project on Sunday. I purchased downspout connectors. Should I instead invest in a 5 blade crimper tool?
Well done. Very clearly demonstrated
Great video, got what I needed, thanks!
You can also use a miter saw haha but I use double edge snips, 1 tool instead of 3
Thank you so much , Great video ! Great information! Well done !
Great demo on how to cut the downspout, thank you.
Thanks LuAnn P!
Tin snips - messy and dangerous. Used a new hacksaw/blade and the results were neat, clean and looked professional. Thanks.
I you want to get really picky, plan ahead so that straps cover the cuts. Only use the shortest possible pop rivets. Don't stress tooo much on possible leaks, In most applications everything will be wet because uh raining. A low spot in the gutter or a joint over a doorway will be a problem to avoid.
How ever from my last comment if that is the only tools you have then great video and getting to the point. I did not mean anything ugly. But when I thought about it I could see how that could be taken.
Thank you, this was very helpful.
Excellent tutorial.
marvelous video. Just what I needed!
Great to hear!
A table saw works quite well.
Day 1: Much cursing. Afterwards, watched this video.
Day 2: Much cursing, but this time it was the good kind. Afterwards, came to say "Thank you!"
Excellent video. Thanks so much!
So crazy, thats the first video I ever made 6.5 years ago! Glad you enjoyed it!
12in miter saw cuts a laser through d/s as well with a proper metal fine tooth blade.
yes! and the cut is much cleaner and more professional looking. thanks,. I did it your way.
Nice informative video for staters. Thank you.
Thanks!
EXCELLENT VIDEO-thank you.
Thank you so much! We're glad you found the video helpful.
Outstanding
Thanks a lot. Great and helpful
Thank you
Great video!!!
Glad you liked it!
Love videos like this
Absolute homie. Ty
Would straight Tin snips (yellow) work?
Thank you and very helpful
Nice tips! I normally do a rough cut with a hacksaw or grinder about 1/2" big then clean it up with snips. I find doing it all with snips damages too much downspout on the waste side.
Got ya, thanks Rob!
This is golden! Thank you!
Thanks!
After you crimp it and insert it into the other side, What holds it in place? thank you! very well done....
Friction, along with it being attached to side of the building
Great video. Thanks for sharing.
Glad to help!
I have an old downspout in place and can't find a tool strong enough to trim it.
Thank youuuu!
Instead of using a razor to cut a hole into in just use a flat screw driver and hit it into the ends that join each other and lift it up so you can stick your tin snips to cut along the line safer and faster then using a razor.
Very good
Thank you, glad you are enjoying the channel!
Excellent, thank you
Thanks Jon!
Lmao way harder then needs to be get a grinder boom done I'm a sheetmetal guy I highly reccomend grinder for eavestroughs
nice nice job!!!!!
Seems great, but should be more easy with a hacksaw. 👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽
Either way, thanks!
i wish the tin snips would just stamp a big L for left and R for right
Great job
Thanks Jon!
How do you cut elbows
Thanks - helpful.
Glad to help Peter!
Can a hacksaw also be used to cut straight across while the drain pipe is attached to the building?
Yes just file the edges a bit to make sure that they are not sharp afterward, thanks!
You'd save yourself a lot of time with some offset snips.
I have and use those too, thanks Brandon!
No sealant??? No screws/rivets???
Как называются щипцы которыми он трубу уже делал ?
5 blade crimpers?
No screws?
You can use a pair of pliers and crimp the four corners and your done why go buy another tool?
Why to much effort. I've never seen so much work go into cutting a downspout. Use a miter saw,skill saw,hacksaw o even one skill saw. Not sure what he was doing
I use a mini Sawzall with a nice big sharp blade
Sawing will open up the seam of the piece, and also create a jagged edge. He is showing how the pros do it. You are describing how a hack does it.
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But I don't have a crimper, and I don't want to buy one !
I use a hammer for this. I just pound it until the metal gives up, then I pound the downspout to hell, and shove it in. It doesn't look pretty, but you don't need 9 tools. I pretty much use a hammer for everything, including wood.
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Thanks! That was my very first video, ha ha!
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:)
Thanks James!
Way too slow for me.
Ok, Thanks
Cody Grant You must be a millennial that fucks stuff up then.
Dude, that's why RUclips supports fast playback. Play it at double speed if you want, and stop complaining.