Todays toolsday video is all about cutting metal with a circular saw.
Cutting corrugated sheet metal circular saw.
After cutting grasp the edge and bend it once or twice to break it off.
Put on a pair of thick gloves and a welding mask.
To cut across the ridges use tin snips.
Using a circular saw 1.
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You can use a sawing table or a set of sawhorses.
Switch out your saw blade for any blade.
Whether you use an angle grinder or a circular saw the heat damages the edges and the shower of hot sparks can destroy the protective coating and burns the paint finish.
Otherwise you may end up overheating the metal and cause serious harm to yourself and your power tools.
Not just any saw though specific metal saws.
If the corrugated sheet metal is made of aluminum you can cut parallel to the ridges with a utility knife.
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To safely and efficiently cut through metal with a circular saw you ll need to operate at a maximum no load rpm of 5 000.
Cutting corrugated metal with anything producing heat can void the warranty by your manufactures and can make permanent damage to the metal sheets causing them to rust.
While the blade guard will protect you from most of the sparks.
You can also cut the sheet metal with a circular saw but this may cause the cut end to rust prematurely.