Easy Way To Cut Aluminum Sheet

Tired of getting fingers cut on sheet metal while using tin snips.

Easy way to cut aluminum sheet.

The shear is manipulated. Making accurate cuts on aluminum rods tubes and angles is easy with a miter saw and a blade designed to cut nonferrous metal check the label. To cut aluminum use a wood cutting saw with carbide tipped blades. Tin snips are primarily used for cutting thin sheet metal like tin aluminum brass and thin gauge stainless steel.

To cut the sheets of metal rathe. Mark the start and stopping point of your cut with a grease pencil or some similar implement that marks on sheet metal. Hold the side of the metal sheet and put your snips around the edge. Next secure your aluminum pieces with clamps and slowly feed the aluminum through the blade using steady even pressure.

Check out this video. If the motor housing on your saw is open and could collect metal chips tape a piece of cloth over the openings to protect the motor windings and bearings while you cut the aluminum. 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. With the aid of a straight edge and a sharp knife score both sides of the aluminium sheet.

This weakens the aluminium and creates a fracture line. Clamp the sheet metal in place on your work table to hold it in place while you work. With the aid of a ruler or yardstick draw a straight line between the two. Apply a lubricant like standard oil or saw wax to your blade then slow your cutting speed by reducing the diameter of the cutting blade.

The most practical hand tool for making more than a few limited cuts is the throatless beverly shear. Align the snips with the line you want to cut with the upper blade of the tin snips touching the sheet metal. This tool is bench mounted and capable of cuts in most sheet metals. Hold the snips loose in your hand and place the two blades around the edge that you d like to cut.

Use your nondominant hand to hold the side of the metal. Cutting aluminum sheet metal with a hammer and chisel is relatively straight forward line up the edge of the chisel along the line you wish to cut and strike the chisel with a hammer.