Cutting Straight Line Sheet Metal

Metal is difficult for saws to cut and rubbing wax along the blade.

Cutting straight line sheet metal.

The easiest way to straight cut metal sheet. Cutting straight lines with an electric saw 1. An well known trick when cutting with your plasma cutter is to clamp a metal straight edge to the metal so the arc is directly over your cut line. This may be a no brainer to most of you but i had to do a lot of repetitive cutting of sheet steel and was looking for the fastest way to do it.

I have been trying to do it in the s. Wax your saw blade before cutting sheet metal. Recently it clicked in my head to utilize an old trick when making straight cuts with a plasma cutter. Place the sheet metal on top of the workbench and lay out your pattern using a tape measure pencil and straightedge.

Apply masking tape to both sides of the sheet metal directly over the. Open the cutters as wide as you can at the start of each stroke and make long smooth strokes. Tape the sheet metal and secure it in place. If your project requires curved cuts make an easy economical and adjustable.

Long straight cuts are easier to make with large tin snips. Lift the cutoff strip and roll it to the side to prevent it from binding on the tin snips handle. I could never get a perfectly straight line when cutting longer cuts on sheet metal.