Calculate the number of panels needed for the roof.
How to cut sheet metal siding.
The marking should be appropriate to the required measurements where the metal should be cut.
Find a stable surface like a workbench you can use.
If you haven t already determined how big the panel needs to be.
A handheld cutting tool fitted with a metal cut off wheel will easily cut through sheet.
Calculate the measurements more than once for accuracy.
Hot metal chips will fly everywhere.
Using a dewalt 20 volt drill and cutters made by malco real good stuff.
Switch out your saw blade for any blade.
If i had a lot to cut i would use either the steelmax or the evolution circular saw that is designed to cut steel.
The metal is for siding a trailer house.
You want a pair of straight cuts or left or right handed pair for cutting both straight and around corners.
Nice clean cut without heat.
Lay the roofing sheets on a flat surface with the underside up.
Step 2 cutting across corrugations.
You can cut mild steel up to about 3 8 in.
There will not be any difficulty because you are cutting with the grain of the corrugation and can even use them as guides in some instances.
In our test it cut through rebar like a hot knife through butter.
Marking the metal for cutting 1.
Place your corrugated metal on top of your work surface.
It may not be an obvious choice but fitted with the right blade a circular saw is a great metal cutting tool.
The best tin snips are good for cutting any edge of corrugated iron that is going to be seen as they are easy to control when cutting.
Step 1 cutting lengthwise to cut corrugated metal siding lengthwise or with the corrugation you can simply use a set of electric shears to do the job.
The cheapest way to cut metal roofing is with a pair of tin snips.
How to cut angle cut for the roof pitch.
You can use a sawing table or a set of sawhorses.
While the blade guard will protect you from most of the sparks.
Jigsaws and metal cutting band saws are more work but can make most cuts in light to medium sheet metal.
The 7 1 4 inch saw cuts up to 5 16 solid stock and the 9 cuts up to 1 2 inch solid mild steel.
Measure along the.
Cut metal with your circular saw.
Using a permanent marker to make a line on which to cut the metal siding.
