Cut Letters Into Sheet Metal

Stylish enough for the boardroom yet tough enough for the great outdoors our flat cut metal letters and logos are made true from high grade plate metal.

Cut letters into sheet metal.

If you re using compound snips open and close the jaws fully with each stroke to maximize the length of the cut. It cuts metal almost as easily as a scissors cuts paper. You need the wood to absorb the shock of hammering into the metal. Hit the hammer once very firmly.

Even so your cut will probably be a little ragged. If you move your letters while hammering the letter will shadow so hold your letters nice and steady. More metals more finishes from prime aluminum to stainless steel to bronze to brass copper and core ten steel we offer the widest range of metal alloys finishes and gauges. I have seen a few metal cutting tools such as snips and nibblers but they cut through the metal to get to their point of interest which i only want the lettering to be cut.

A rainbow of gorgeous finishes enhance the look of these best selling sign letters. If you ve got a lot of straight cutting to do buy tin snips like the one shown in photo 4. Solid metal letters and logos can be made from aluminum steel copper bronze and brass. Place your first letter on your drawn line.

I made this at techshop detroit this is a simple quick and easy process for making some calligraphy letters out of sheet metal materials and equipment 16 gauge sheet metal plasma cutter welding gloves and welding goggles bench grinder. The metal itself isn t too think but is thicker than a normal piece of sheet metal. How to plasma cut calligraphy letters.