How To Cut Shapes Out Of Metal Sheet

Install one of the cutoff cutters.

How to cut shapes out of metal sheet.

It may not be an obvious choice but fitted with the right blade a circular saw is a great metal cutting tool. Mark the cut line with adhesive tape and draw your cut lines. Another tool is a plate shear for cutting slightly. Loosen up the drill head with the provided wrench.

Hold the tool tight. Hold the snips loose in your hand and place the two blades around the edge that you d like to cut. Place the dremel cutter on the cutting line perpendicularly to the sheet metal. Thick using a ferrous metal cutting blade.

The fastest way to cut sheet metal in complex shapes or straight lines without a shear is a plasma torch. When set to a low amperage a plasma torch won t warp the metal and can yield quick clean cuts that help you get the job done quickly. In our test it cut through rebar like a hot knife through butter. Hold the side of the metal sheet and put your snips around the edge.

You can cut mild steel up to about 3 8 in. This will not only brace it to keep it in place but you ll be able to pull it up as you cut. Sheet metal cutters work by cutting a very narrow strip of metal the width of the blade out of the sheet leaving a slot. One tool is a foot shear or a jump shear.

There are three tools that kevin caron uses a lot to get a precise cut from a thin piece of metal. Use your nondominant hand to hold the side of the metal. When you squeeze the handles of the tool together the cutting blade shears the sheet between two anvils rolling the waste material up in a coil as you push the tool forward a bit at a time.