Cut A Slot In Sheet Metal

Place a piece of plywood on a table or the floor.

Cut a slot in sheet metal. How to cut a slot in sheet metal step 1. For those cases try a set of metal shears which create a small slot in the metal removing a thin center piece while leaving the metal sheet flat. Consider these important design tips when creating holes and slots in sheet metal parts. Lancing operation in sheet metal lancing is a type of punching operation.

More information on this tech tip available at. Clamp the sheet metal to the plywood. Make sure that when you are drilling into the sheet metal you. Green or red metal snips or hand shears can cut sheet along curves as well as straight lines but they will distort both edges badly when making internal cuts on a piece of aluminum sheet.

Solidworks then wants you to select the face in which you want to create the cut. When the part is flattened it is also a normal to cut. If the slot is close to the part edge make a throwaway aluminum jaw to secure in the solid jaw and cut through into that. This is just a couple of ways to create slots on curved surfaces.

Make sure it is completely on the piece of plywood so the sheet metal does. Where the work piece is sheared and bent with one strike of the lancing tool. You should be fine. Once you select the green check the slot is created just like the extrude cut feature.