How To Make A Sheet Metal Cutter

Mark a bend line and place the sheet metal on the edge of your bench.

How to make a sheet metal cutter. Cutting straight lines with an electric saw. It didn t work as well as plan. Wax your saw blade before cutting sheet metal. Clamp the wood on top of the metal to the workbench.

There are modern laser machines available that can cut and format automatically once you set the track. The illustrations are for a small bracket but i have cut 3 foot long pieces using this method. One of the fastest most precise sheet metal cutting methods is to cut with high power laser. Place the sheet metal on top of the workbench and lay out your pattern using a tape measure pencil and straightedge.

Next place the wood parallel and slightly behind the bending line. How to cut sheet metal method 1 of 4. Making detailed cuts with. A handheld cutting tool fitted with a metal cut off wheel will easily cut through sheet.

Snip the two sides. We had a need to cut a 7 circle out of metal on a sunday and didn t have access to any stores that sell them so we made one. Let s check out website for all major details. If you use metal shears to cut thin sheet metal such as duct metal it curls and can be difficult to flaten properly.

Finally bend the sheet up by hand to the angle desired. Jigsaws and metal cutting band saws are more work but can make most cuts in light to medium sheet metal. If you want a sharp 90 bend tap along the crease with a mallet. If your project requires curved cuts make an easy economical and adjustable.

Clamp or hold a straightedge or square along the cutting marks and score a line with the tip of a sharp utility knife blade. The speed and orientation of cutting with laser tools are limited within 2d. Learn how to make a very simple homemade drill powered metal cutting machine miter saw. These photo steps show that it can be done using a utility knife.

Then bend the sheet back and forth a few times to snap it.