Straight cutting compound snips work best for cutting thick or doubled up sheet metal.
Cutting sheet metal straight.
There are two ways to cut round ducts.
And you can use the same technique anytime you need a straight cut on aluminum or other light gauge sheet metal even steel.
Apply masking tape to both sides of the sheet metal directly over the.
The easiest way to straight cut metal sheet.
Wax your saw blade before cutting sheet metal.
First if you want to cut a duct near the middle and use both ends mark and cut the duct before snapping it together.
I hope this reads sensibly.
Metal is difficult for saws to cut and rubbing wax along the blade.
Like i say in the video i have extensive experience using a grinder to cut and shape metal and other materials and only by using the tool to do these thing.
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Then bend the sheet back and forth a few times to snap it.
Place the metal on a hard surface to score it and on long pieces do the bending with the score place along a sharp edge of a bench and if necessary clamp the fixed piece with a long piece of flat wood to prevent buckling the metal while bending it back and forth.
Tape the sheet metal and secure it in place.
In this video you ll see how to build a straight cutting angle grinder jig.
They don t cut curves well.
A handheld cutting tool fitted with a metal cut off wheel will easily cut through sheet.
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Jigsaws and metal cutting band saws are more work but can make most cuts in light to medium sheet metal.
I have been trying to do it in the s.
