- Today on the Metal Roofing Channel we take a look at some recommended tools for metal roof installation. (vibrant music) What's up guys? Welcome to the Metal Roofing Channel, I'm Thad Barnette from Sheffield Metals, we've got Dave Stubbs, the Assistant Technical
Director here at Sheffield. I'm at the Denver, Colorado location and today we're gonna take a look at some different recommended tools for metal roof installation. Now there's a lot of options out there, but these are just some of the few that we recommend for installation. So Dave, can you take
me a walk through some of these tools and what they are? - Absolutely, let's start out
with the easy one, hammer. All tools get really personal, man. So, I highly recommend,
obviously, a smooth face and if you have to take anything off or mar something up, a straight
claw's always a good option, but there's so many options with hammers, there's some ergonomic stuff
out there that's fabulous for, for lack of a better word,
the impact resistant stuff. There's some fiberglass
hammers that will help the elbow out and the wrist
areas, anything for impact. - [Thad] Okay. - Next, riveters. Riveters come in all
shapes, sizes and forms. Generally what we're working
with is a number 43 rivet. It's an 1/8th inch rivet. And pretty much any riveter will work. This one's approximately 30 years old. - Okay. - It just happens to be mine, go figure? - There you go. - And let's move into
flangers, duckbills, tongs, a tool with many, many names, and they come in array of
colors, designs and applications. These right here are a German-made brand, we also have your standard
vise-grip duckbills, I think these are a little bit more useful in a lot of different applications, that's why I always use
the vise-grip duckbills. - [Thad] Right. - And then we have some
compression flangers for all kinds of different applications. These are a Malco brand, but there's just an
array of different tools and the variety is endless. Cocking gun? I really like a high
compression cocking gun, it makes it a little bit easier to use when you're doing a big job. - So what's high compression mean-- - High compression is a ratio. One squeeze is gonna change from a high compression
to a low compression, it's basically a three-to-one
ratio on this one. Panel bending tools, obviously
you have your flangers and those are gonna bend panels at whatever the width is of the tool. We also have panel bending tools, a 12 inch, 18 inch, I've had shop guys that
have made them for me in really, really long scenarios. But, you can buy those at
really any tool distributor. And there's different
brands and different sizes. - Right. - [Dave] So, this one's dictated by a one inch and a half inch. If your shop guy's making 'em, you can make 'em however you want, but this is pretty much a standard, a one inch and a half an inch. - [Thad] Okay. - Then we start getting into other tools. I always carried a
screwdriver for bending stuff, opening hems, all different applications. And you might need to,
for lack of a better word, hammer on the end of it, that's probably why that
one looks like that. (laughing) You know, you've got your
standard screwdriver, you've got some putty knives,
this one's a 12-and-one. All these tools, different
applications can be used, it's important to have
some options as far as, it's construction, you don't really know what you're gonna run into. And then let's move on
to cutting some metal. - [Thad] Okay. - So, we've got some aviation snips, is what these are commonly
called, reds and greens. These are green, labeled green, and these go to the right. And these are reds, and
they go to the left. - [Thad] Okay. - That's really pretty common. And then I have some 12 inch Andy's, is what these are called, these are just some longer
snips for some straight cuts, pretty handy when you're
cutting some long stuff. And then of course I've got
some cordless double cuts, and these will sheer metal at any length. It makes it pretty easy to cut the metal. When you're up against a flat surface, these actually exit the
material out of them and really handy and ergonomic. And then we have the
obvious, tape measures. Tape measures come in different
lengths, different sizes. This is a pretty handy tool, this is a marking tool or an edge marker. It actually marks the metal at whatever
you set the increment at. - [Thad] Okay. - And this one goes
from an 1/8th of an inch to 12 inches, that's sort of a rare beast, but really, really handy when you need it. - So, it actually scores the metal? - That's correct, yep. And certain applications
you don't wanna use it, you don't wanna use it on the
exterior surface of the metal, but when you're hemming certain stuff, it works out pretty handy. - [Thad] Okay. - Chalk lines. Chalk lines come in different
sizes, different degree. Just always want to,
whenever using the chalk line and with our metal, or
really any pre-finished PVDF metal, always clean off the chalk. No matter what color, you
always wanna clean it off and make sure that
there's no chalk residue. - [Thad] Right. - The last one is a, this is a torque-controlled device. This one is a 622 by DeWalt. It's really gonna control the depth in which you put your screws in and it will hopefully
refrain from fracturing the screw which is sort of
a commonality in our screws and when you fracture a screw,
you generally can't see it. - Okay, so if you were
using a standard drill, you could possibly run into that issue. - Yeah, a sander drill and really an impact tool is not recommended. - Okay. - These use a design that
is really torque-controlled. - So when it comes to tools, like I said at the
beginning of the episode, there's a lot of different
options out there. So what is one thing that
people should keep in mind? - Always use the right
tool for the right job. There's so many tools, use the right tool for the right job. That way you're gonna get
the most out of your roof or your install and probably remain safe, and that too is important. - Alright, well thanks
for walking me through the different tools, Dave. Be sure to subscribe to
the Metal Roofing Channel, check out our other videos. Comment below if you have any questions, love to hear from you. Anything else, check us out
online at sheffieldmetals.com and we'll catch ya next time. (vibrant music)