This is a quick video showing how i cut some aluminum angle strips with a dewalt dw713 compound miter saw.
Cutting aluminum gutters with miter saw.
How to cut gutters with miter saws step 1.
Unplug the miter saw if it is plugged into an electrical source.
Activate the saw and slowly bring it down until it severs the piece.
If the motor housing on your saw is open and could collect metal chips tape a piece of cloth over the openings to protect the motor windings and bearings while you cut the aluminum.
If you re making a lot of cuts together or cutting thick metal do it in steps letting the metal cool between each step.
Fit the miter saw with a carbide tipped finish blade for cutting through metal but this is the fastest and most efficient tool for cutting through any type of gutter material.
Use a carpenter s square to get around to the bottom.
I used a non ferrous metal cutting blade that i go.
Measure the gutter to the desired length.
When cutting gutter material on the miter saw turn the profile upside down so the cut enters the more stable underside of the gutter rather than the top edges.
Laying your gutter on the workbench measure off the amount of gutter you want to cut and mark it with a pencil.
Activate the saw and slowly bring it down until it severs the piece.
How to cut a custom gutter miter.
If there s ten to do the saw comes out.
Clamp the material well and go slow or the saw might grab bend twist the aluminum.
Install a 12 inch blade with a carbide tipped.
I m pretty adept with snips but i can do it a lot faster and cleaner with a saw.
When using a miter saw secure the pipe at the mark under the saw blade at the workbench.
Making accurate cuts on aluminum rods tubes and angles is easy with a miter saw and a blade designed to cut nonferrous metal check the label.
The speed of the blade combined with the backward teeth make a nice clean cut with very little operator effort and without the teeth tearing out and distorting the metal.
Both saws should run less than 5000 rpm and work about the same.
But if i m doing one miter i do it by hand.
With as saw i can cut a miter in copper gutters so tight that i can butt them and solder them from the inside without tabbing and folding one side.
