How to cut aluminum sheet metal hand tools.
Cutting aluminum sheet metal.
You probably wont find snips which are capable of cutting above 18 gauge mild steel.
Choose between red blue or yellow snips based on the cut direction.
Hot metal chips will fly everywhere.
20 100 cutting aluminum sheet metal with a hammer and chisel is relatively straight forward line.
Sheet aluminium can be cut without the need for a guillotine or tin snips which tend to deform the metal.
Thick using a ferrous metal cutting blade.
It may not be an obvious choice but fitted with the right blade a circular saw is a great metal cutting tool.
But you don t have to be a tinsmith to cut sheet metal successfully.
How to cut sheet metal method 1 of 4.
Cut metal with your circular saw.
Dicfeos double head metal sheet nibbler cutter with circle cutting accessories drill attachment with wrench and parts maximum 14 gauge steel 4 3 out of 5 stars 321 35 99 35.
Cutting sheet metal with snips can be tricky and frustrating.
100 1000 bench mounted shears are able to cut through relatively thick sheets of aluminum though.
Cutting straight lines with an electric saw.
For a reference on gauge thickness see our gauge chart.
Making detailed cuts with.
These problems are common for those of us who don t work with sheet metal every day.
Aviation snips and tin snips are a common method of cutting thin sheet metal for hobbyists.
This weakens the aluminium and creates a fracture line.
An air powered sheet metal nibbler or a nibbler head attached to a power drill can cut through galvanized corrugated aluminum sheet as well as flat sheet up to 16 gauge.
The edges are sharp the cutoffs are stiff and get in the way the snips bind or you just can t seem to negotiate the curve.
You can cut mild steel up to about 3 8 in.
With the aid of a straight edge and a sharp knife score both sides of the aluminium sheet.
Wax your saw blade before cutting sheet metal.
In our test it cut through rebar like a hot knife through butter.
These tools are good for cutting soft sheet metals such as tin aluminum and brass.
Using tin snips for thin sheets.
