Cutting Aluminum Gutters With Miter Saw

Unplug the miter saw if it is plugged into an electrical source.

Cutting aluminum gutters with miter saw. With as saw i can cut a miter in copper gutters so tight that i can butt them and solder them from the inside without tabbing and folding one side. I m pretty adept with snips but i can do it a lot faster and cleaner with a saw. Fit the miter saw with a carbide tipped finish blade for cutting through metal but this is the fastest and most efficient tool for cutting through any type of gutter material. Both saws should run less than 5000 rpm and work about the same.

When using a miter saw secure the pipe at the mark under the saw blade at the workbench. Install a 12 inch blade with a carbide tipped. Measure the gutter to the desired length. But if i m doing one miter i do it by hand.

How to cut a custom gutter miter. The speed of the blade combined with the backward teeth make a nice clean cut with very little operator effort and without the teeth tearing out and distorting the metal. If the motor housing on your saw is open and could collect metal chips tape a piece of cloth over the openings to protect the motor windings and bearings while you cut the aluminum. Use a carpenter s square to get around to the bottom.

Use it to make straight cuts as well as angle cuts depending on where you are installing the guttering. 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. Making accurate cuts on aluminum rods tubes and angles is easy with a miter saw and a blade designed to cut nonferrous metal check the label. How to cut gutters with miter saws step 1.

If you re making a lot of cuts together or cutting thick metal do it in steps letting the metal cool between each step. Laying your gutter on the workbench measure off the amount of gutter you want to cut and mark it with a pencil. Activate the saw and slowly bring it down until it severs the piece. Mark a spot on the edge of the gutter with a pencil as a guide for.

Activate the saw and slowly bring it down until it severs the piece. Clamp the material well and go slow or the saw might grab bend twist the aluminum. When cutting gutter material on the miter saw turn the profile upside down so the cut enters the more stable underside of the gutter rather than the top edges.