Cutting Straight Line Sheet Metal

Cutting straight lines with an electric saw 1.

Cutting straight line sheet metal. This may be a no brainer to most of you but i had to do a lot of repetitive cutting of sheet steel and was looking for the fastest way to do it. The easiest way to straight cut metal sheet. This way you can simply press the edge of the torch cup against the straight edge and slowly make a straight cut. Long straight cuts are easier to make with large tin snips.

I have been trying to do it in the s. Metal is difficult for saws to cut and rubbing wax along the blade. Lift the cutoff strip and roll it to the side to prevent it from binding on the tin snips handle. I could never get a perfectly straight line when cutting longer cuts on sheet metal.

If your project requires curved cuts make an easy economical and adjustable. Wax your saw blade before cutting sheet metal. Make long strokes for long straight cuts. Recently it clicked in my head to utilize an old trick when making straight cuts with a plasma cutter.

Tape the sheet metal and secure it in place. Open the cutters as wide as you can at the start of each stroke and make long smooth strokes. In this video you ll see how to build a straight cutting angle grinder jig.