How To Cut Thin Galvanized Sheet Metal

It may not be an obvious choice but fitted with the right blade a circular saw is a great metal cutting tool.

How to cut thin galvanized sheet metal. 2 x research source. You can cut mild steel up to about 3 8 in. Hold the side of the metal sheet and put your snips around the edge. Put on a pair of work gloves before you wax the saw to protect your hands.

Place the metal on a hard surface to score it and on long pieces do the bending with the score place along a sharp edge of a bench and if necessary clamp the fixed piece with a long piece of flat wood to prevent buckling the metal while bending it back and forth. Choose a saw with a tooth number of at least 24tip teeth per inch to ensure even cuts in the metal. Cutting straight lines with an electric saw. Cut metal with your circular saw.

Hot metal chips will fly everywhere. I hope this reads sensibly. In our test it cut through rebar like a hot knife through butter. Hold the snips loose in your hand and place the two blades around the edge that you d like to cut.