Cutting Corrugated Sheet Metal Circular Saw

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Cutting corrugated sheet metal circular saw.

You can now support our channel. Using a circular saw 1. You can also cut the sheet metal with a circular saw but this may cause the cut end to rust prematurely. 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.

Todays toolsday video is all about cutting metal with a circular saw. Switch out your saw blade for any blade. 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. Put on a pair of thick gloves and a welding mask.

Whether you use an angle grinder or a circular saw the heat damages the edges and the shower of hot sparks can destroy the protective coating and burns the paint finish. 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. You can use a sawing table or a set of sawhorses. Not just any saw though specific metal saws.

To cut across the ridges use tin snips. 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. If the corrugated sheet metal is made of aluminum you can cut parallel to the ridges with a utility knife. While the blade guard will protect you from most of the sparks.