Cutting Steel Siding With Circular Saw

Attach a continuous diamond wheel to your angle grinder.

Cutting steel siding with circular saw.

Set you corrugated metal flat on top of your. However you need to have plenty of experience with a circular cutting saw before you use it for a project like this. Using an angle grinder 1. You can cut mild steel up to about 3 8 in.

In addition cutting saws require that you use specialty blades that are designed for cutting metal even tin. Hot metal chips will fly everywhere. In our test it cut through rebar like a hot knife through butter. 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.

I do have a metal circular saw and blade but i have always heard that the paint on siding is easily damaged by the heat of cutting. A quality saw is key. Not all metal cutting circular saw blades will cut thin sheet materials such a roofing and metal trim. Cutting saw these circular saws are great for cutting through tin or other thin metal roofing materials.

Steel tooth and carbide tooth blades are both good choices. 08 08 2012 05 37 pm 7. It may not be an obvious choice but fitted with the right blade a circular saw is a great metal cutting tool. Set the section that you re cutting over the edge of your work surface.

Avanti 7 in. Always check the blade s label to ensure it s right for your project. X 50 teeth non ferrous metal cutting circular saw blade set 2 pack model 48 40 4070 48 40 4075 79 00 79 00. Set your store to see local availability add to cart.

Select a 4 in 10 cm if you re using an angle grinder. Otherwise you may end up overheating the metal and cause serious harm to yourself and your power tools. X 30 teeth ferrous and 5 3 8 in. Cut metal with your circular saw.

Thick using a ferrous metal cutting blade. Look for blades meant to cut sheet metal or metal roofing. To cut thin materials you need a blade with more teeth and a tooth configuration that will.