Cutting 2mm Aluminium Sheet

Place the fracture line over the edge of a table and bend the overhang slightly downwards.

Cutting 2mm aluminium sheet.

Use a wood cutting saw with carbide tipped blades to cut most aluminum. Cutting aluminum sheet metal with a hammer and chisel is relatively straight forward line up the edge of the chisel along the line you wish to cut and strike the chisel with a hammer. Jun 27 2001 messages. Using a softer piece of material such as wood as a backer will allow the chisel to push through the metal and prevent wear on the chisel s tip.

Select a fine toothed blade and don t cut aluminum with a wall thickness of more than 1 4 inch 0 64 cm. Sheet aluminium can be cut without the need for a guillotine or tin snips which tend to deform the metal. Discussion in modding started by odje aug 2 2007. Tired of getting fingers cut on sheet metal while using tin snips.

With the aid of a straight edge and a sharp knife score both sides of the aluminium sheet. What s the prefered method for cutting aluminium sheets of 3mm thick. How to cut aluminium sheets. To cut the sheets of metal rathe.

This weakens the aluminium and creates a fracture line. Laser cutting is. Page 1 of 2 1 2 next odje member.