Cut Sheet Metal With Circular Saw

Todays toolsday video is all about cutting metal with a circular saw.

Cut sheet metal with circular saw. To cut thin materials you need a blade with more teeth and a tooth configuration that will. Genesis 4 1 2 in. 3 9 out of 5 stars 8. This helps in the uniform cutting of the metal piece.

Hot metal chips will fly everywhere. Thick using a ferrous metal cutting blade. To safely and efficiently cut through metal with a circular saw you ll need to operate at a maximum no load rpm of 5 000. Be aware that while most saw blades should be installed with the label visible worm drives are mounted on the opposite side.

An angle grinder will provide you more freedom to turn while making longer cuts and can be used with any kind of sheet metal. Not just any saw though specific metal saws. This is because a wood cutting circular saw has an open motor housing. You can cut mild steel up to about 3 8 in.

Metal cutting circular saw. I know there are probably many other me. Clamp the metal to workbench. While a metal cutting saw has a collection bin to prevent metal chips from getting into the machine a woodcutting saw isn t designed this way.

Eastwood mini metal circular saw with metal cutting saw blade rebar conduit sheet metal tubing plate. Not all metal cutting circular saw blades will cut thin sheet materials such a roofing and metal trim. Otherwise you may end up overheating the metal and cause serious harm to yourself and your power tools. If you do decide to use a wood saw on metal only use a 7 1 4 inch blade and preferably a worm drive blade which provides extra torque.

X 30 teeth ferrous and 5 3 8 in. Tips and care to be taken. Evolution power tools r185ccs 7 1 4 tct multi material cutting circular saw 7 1 4 orange. By turning the circular saw the blade starts cutting the metal at its desired speed.

Cut metal with your circular saw. It may not be an obvious choice but fitted with the right blade a circular saw is a great metal cutting tool. X 50 teeth non ferrous metal cutting circular saw blade set 2 pack model 48 40 4070 48. I m using irwin to.

Get free shipping on qualified metal circular saw blades or buy online pick up in store. Use a circular saw to make long straight cuts in thicker sheets of metal. In our test it cut through rebar like a hot knife through butter. A metal section to be cut must be hung over the edge of the blade.