Cutting Sheet Metal Siding

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.

Cutting sheet metal siding.

Using a dewalt 20 volt drill and cutters made by malco real good stuff. 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. Use tin snips or shears to cut lengths by hand. Cut metal with your circular saw.

Hold the snips loose in your hand and place the two blades around the edge that you d like to cut. The metal is for siding a trailer house. You can cut mild steel up to about 3 8 in. It may not be an obvious choice but fitted with the right blade a circular saw is a great metal cutting tool.

In our test it cut through rebar like a hot knife through butter. Step 2 cutting across corrugations. A handheld cutting tool fitted with a metal cut off wheel will easily cut through sheet. This will not only brace it to keep it in place but you ll be able to pull it up as you cut.

Use your nondominant hand to hold the side of the metal. You could also use a circular saw to cut lots of sheets more quickly and a nibbler to create rounded cuts. How to cut angle cut for the roof pitch. Hot metal chips will fly everywhere.

A tool like a nibbler is fast and easy to maneuver around to cut circles corners and angles in sheet metal work with out jamming like electric shears or tin snips would. Thick using a ferrous metal cutting blade. Cheap compared to a nibbler. Hold the side of the metal sheet and put your snips around the edge.

The best tool to cut sheet metal is an electric nibbler tool it cuts corrugated iron sheet metal and even metal car panels easily. Jigsaws and metal cutting band saws are more work but can make most cuts in light to medium sheet metal.