Cutting Holes In Stainless Steel Sheet

Cutting with a hole cutter.
Cutting holes in stainless steel sheet. After that they have to be sharpened. Keep kids out of your working area. If the sink is out of the countertops you can cut holes with these steps. Wear eye protection like certified goggles to protect your eyes from flying sparks and particles.
Make sure you get a tube cutter designed specifically for stainless steel. Steel hardens with heat. In this first quick tips video i show you how easy it is to drill and cut stainless steel when you have the right magic potion. Use a center punch on the hole center to create dimples in the area.
Out of the package their only good for about 15 20 holes when drilling through 6 8mm thick stainless steel that s using cutting lube too. Please help support my effort. Some stainless steel tube cutters can cut through thicker tubes than others so know the measurement of your tube before you buy one. Put some cutting lubricant in the center.
Secure the steel sheet with clamps. Also it is recommended that you wear safety shoes that have. So we can call it an all metal hole cutting saw. You have to follow the same way and the process to make holes.
And in each of these metals the range of hole depth is inches. If you buy a stainless steel bar sink or already have an existing sink cutting a hole makes no difference. In every situation cut a hole on a stainless steel sink is not easy. When cutting out a circle one or sometimes two cutting tools are rotated about a center point to.
After starting out with a bi metal bit and not having much success steve l. In case the workpiece is made of wood it can go for a 7 9 inches hole anyway. Steve parente shows how to easily drill large holes in stainless with a step bit. After re sharpening they usually are good for an additional 10 15 holes before having to re sharpen again.
When drilling or punching a hole in sheet metal you more or less cut out the entire hole at once. Wear a pair of gloves to protect your hands from small fragments of metal and sparks. With all these capacities it can work pretty fine in stainless steel mild steel iron alloy plate aluminum plate brass and copper.