Cutting Corrugated Sheet Metal Circular Saw

You can also cut the sheet metal with a circular saw but this may cause the cut end to rust prematurely.

Cutting corrugated sheet metal circular saw. Switch out your saw blade for any blade. Put on a pair of thick gloves and a welding mask. If the corrugated sheet metal is made of aluminum you can cut parallel to the ridges with a utility knife. One of the main problems with using a wood cutting saw to cut through metal is the speed as most of these saws go well beyond the recommended speed for cutting metal.

Using a circular saw 1. You can now support our channel. 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. Cutting corrugated metal with anything producing heat can void the warranty by your manufactures and can make permanent damage to the metal sheets causing them to rust.

Not just any saw though specific metal saws. Todays toolsday video is all about cutting metal with a circular saw. I know there are other corrugated metal and circular saw videos out there but the ones i saw were a little rough and since i haven t made a video in a while i figured it d be a decent little. I know there are probably many other me.

While the blade guard will protect you from most of the sparks. You can use a sawing table or a set of sawhorses. Otherwise you may end up overheating the metal and cause serious harm to yourself and your power tools. Place your corrugated metal on top of your work surface.