How To Cut Sheet Metal Siding

You want a pair of straight cuts or left or right handed pair for cutting both straight and around corners.

How to cut sheet metal siding. The marking should be appropriate to the required measurements where the metal should be cut. Jigsaws and metal cutting band saws are more work but can make most cuts in light to medium sheet metal. Marking the metal for cutting 1. In our test it cut through rebar like a hot knife through butter.

How to cut angle cut for the roof pitch. Find a stable surface like a workbench you can use. If you haven t already determined how big the panel needs to be. There will not be any difficulty because you are cutting with the grain of the corrugation and can even use them as guides in some instances.

Calculate the number of panels needed for the roof. A handheld cutting tool fitted with a metal cut off wheel will easily cut through sheet. While the blade guard will protect you from most of the sparks. Switch out your saw blade for any blade.

The cheapest way to cut metal roofing is with a pair of tin snips. If i had a lot to cut i would use either the steelmax or the evolution circular saw that is designed to cut steel. Using a dewalt 20 volt drill and cutters made by malco real good stuff. Using a circular saw 1.

The metal is for siding a trailer house. Measure along the. The best tin snips are good for cutting any edge of corrugated iron that is going to be seen as they are easy to control when cutting. Thick using a ferrous metal cutting blade.

Place your corrugated metal on top of your work surface. Step 2 cutting across corrugations. Nice clean cut without heat. It may not be an obvious choice but fitted with the right blade a circular saw is a great metal cutting tool.

The 7 1 4 inch saw cuts up to 5 16 solid stock and the 9 cuts up to 1 2 inch solid mild steel. Lay the roofing sheets on a flat surface with the underside up. Put on a pair of thick gloves and a welding mask. Step 1 cutting lengthwise to cut corrugated metal siding lengthwise or with the corrugation you can simply use a set of electric shears to do the job.

Using a permanent marker to make a line on which to cut the metal siding. Calculate the measurements more than once for accuracy. You can cut mild steel up to about 3 8 in.