Cutting Aluminium Sheet At Home

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Cutting aluminium sheet at home.

Select a fine toothed blade and don t cut. Before making the first cut put on a pair of safety goggles a respirator and earplugs for protection. Set the piece of aluminum on a table or over sawhorses and position it so the cutting area has open space underneath it. Sheet aluminium can be cut without the need for a guillotine or tin snips which tend to deform the metal.

Apply cutting lubricants on your blades or bits. If the teeth are dull and you can t feel them no matter how you touch the blade replace the blade first. A handheld cutting tool fitted with a metal cut off wheel will easily cut through sheet. Using a softer piece of material such as wood as a backer will allow the chisel to push through the metal and prevent wear on the chisel s tip.

This can range from standard oil to saw wax. Clamp or hold a straightedge or square along the cutting marks and score a line with the tip of a sharp utility knife blade. Jigsaws and metal cutting band saws are more work but can make most cuts in light to medium sheet metal. And you can use the same technique anytime you need a straight cut on aluminum or other light gauge sheet metal even steel.

Press the saw blade against the sheet metal. Clamp the aluminum down. Then bend the sheet back and forth a few times to snap it. How to cut fold sheet aluminium.

Using electric power tools 1. Be the first to share. 2 mark the start and stopping point of your cut. Use a wood cutting saw with carbide tipped blades to cut most aluminum.