I Got Cut On Hand From Gutter
I had originally planned to use a jigsaw but there wasn t room to maneuver it so i used a hand.
I got cut on hand from gutter. The cut edges are likely to be jagged enough to open up an unappealing gash in your hand so you may want to don a pair of gloves. If you have difficulty cutting with the tin snips make another cut 1 to 2 inches away from the cut line with the alternate hand snip. Cut all the way through at a consistent speed. Use the old adage measure twice and cut once then turn the gutter upside down on the table and mark it all the way around.
If i put my hand on it and hold it no shock but if i just touch it i get shocked only once but it happens every time i barely. Out and started to clean the gutters out and got a pretty good electric shock. Grab one side of the gutter and lower the saw slowly to the gutter. Plug in the saw and squeeze the trigger button.
Then with the combination square transfer the line down each side of the aluminum gutter. Cut a two inch long notch in the front lip of the gutter with tin snips to join a rain gutter section with an inside or outside corner piece. Repeat the process for additional cuts. Cut a four inch long notch to overlap and splice together gutter sections.
Cut along the pencil cut line with a pair of aviation snips. Use a carpenter s square to get around to the bottom. Extend the cut mark around the aluminum gutter by aligning the blade of the combination square with the length mark you placed on the bottom surface of the aluminum gutter and running the carpenter s pencil along the edge of the combination square blade. If the section of the gutter you are discarding is on your left use the right hand tin snips and vice versa if the discarded section is on right.
Buy a box miter and cut the back and bottom off of a short piece of ogee gutter what ever size you re going to be working with. Clean and mark the gutter to make your cut for the outlet. How to cut a custom gutter miter. I ve got templates that i made years ago that i lay on the face of the ogee to mark the gutter with.
It is an old house with a tin roof on top of a shingled roof. Let go of the trigger when through and then pull the saw back up to its starting position.