How To Cut Aluminum Siding With A Circular Saw

Hot metal chips will fly.

How to cut aluminum siding with a circular saw. Your circular saw will do most of the work since it will be pulled forward from the traction from your saw blade. This jig can also be used to easily cut vinyl. Cut metal with your circular saw. Take the old cutting blade off the circular saw and attach the carbide or aluminum cutting blade.

These include miter saws chop saws table saws and handheld circular saws. Use a nibbler to cut in a straight line. To ensure you perform the cut safely and effectively we ve answered some of the top questions asked about cutting metal with a circular saw. Avoid moving your circular saw at an angle as you cut.

Mark the area to cut and slowly feed the blade into the siding. Thick using a ferrous metal cutting blade. In our test it cut through rebar like a hot knife through butter. A metal cutting circular saw relies on different methods and angles to work and it comes with a whole set of safety hazards that you might not be aware of.

Once your blade is installed set the cut depth of the saw so that it is just barely deep enough to get through the material. I m using irwin to. Mark the siding where it needs to be cut slide the siding into the jig so that the mark lines up with the saw kerf in the base plywood hold the siding tight to the riser to ensure a square end and make your cut. Cut across the contours of the aluminum siding with a radial arm saw.

Guide your saw slowly through the metal. Install a plywood blade backward onto a circular saw. Adjust the depth of the saw blade to the thickness of the aluminum. You can cut mild steel up to about 3 8 in.

While cutting at the width of the aluminum siding make use of straight tin snips. I show you a simple wooden jig i built myself to cut new aluminum soffit. Place a straight edge over the mark and make a cut line for the circular saw using a marker. Use the panel to reduce the risk of snags while cutting.

Step 2 cut the width. Be sure to work slowly in order to maintain the proper form.