How To Cut Sheet Metal Straight Line

In this video you ll see how to build a straight cutting angle grinder jig.

How to cut sheet metal straight line. The examples in t. How to cut thin sheet metal and keep it flat. Making detailed cuts with. Cutting straight lines with an electric saw.

Long straight cuts are easier to make with large tin snips. Align the tool s blade with your pattern line the penciled line you intend to cut along maintaining contact between the sheet metal and the upper blade of the tin snips. Using a harbor freight safety guard for a 4 or 4 1 2 grinder. The illustrations are for a small bracket but i have cut 3 foot.

How to cut sheet metal method 1 of 4. Choose between red blue or yellow snips based on the cut direction. Wax your saw blade before cutting sheet metal. Placing the guard against a straight edge for making straight cuts in metal.

If you use metal shears to cut thin sheet metal such as duct metal it curls and can be difficult to flaten properly. Squeeze the handles in. I have been trying to do it in the s. Lift the cutoff strip and roll it to the side to prevent it from binding on the tin snips handle.

Open the cutters as wide as you can at the start of each stroke and make long smooth strokes. Make long strokes for long straight cuts. The easiest way to straight cut metal sheet.