Cutting Holes In Stainless Steel Sheet

Mark your hole center at first.

Cutting holes in stainless steel sheet.

Cutting with a hole cutter. 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. Wear a pair of gloves to protect your hands from small fragments of metal and sparks. Please help support my effort.

With all these capacities it can work pretty fine in stainless steel mild steel iron alloy plate aluminum plate brass and copper. If you buy a stainless steel bar sink or already have an existing sink cutting a hole makes no difference. Some stainless steel tube cutters can cut through thicker tubes than others so know the measurement of your tube before you buy one. After starting out with a bi metal bit and not having much success steve l.

When drilling or punching a hole in sheet metal you more or less cut out the entire hole at once. Steve parente shows how to easily drill large holes in stainless with a step bit. If the sink is out of the countertops you can cut holes with these steps. And in each of these metals the range of hole depth is inches.

In case the workpiece is made of wood it can go for a 7 9 inches hole anyway. Keep kids out of your working area. Put some cutting lubricant in the center. In every situation cut a hole on a stainless steel sink is not easy.

So we can call it an all metal hole cutting saw. You can even put a support board beneath it to avoid teardowns. Steel hardens with heat. Also it is recommended that you wear safety shoes that have.

Use a center punch on the hole center to create dimples in the area. Make sure you get a tube cutter designed specifically for stainless steel. When cutting out a circle one or sometimes two cutting tools are rotated about a center point to. You have to follow the same way and the process to make holes.

Secure the steel sheet with clamps. 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. A stainless steel tube cutter is a handheld device that clamps around a tube of stainless steel and cuts it with a small rotating wheel.