Cutting Galvanized Sheet Metal

You can cut mild steel up to about 3 8 in.

Cutting galvanized sheet metal. Click on inventory to see our main products and contact us to receive an estimate we will be happy to help. 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. As we build our own products we can personalize your projects and offer you a unique product for your needs. The cutters are offset below the handle so you can keep your cutting sheet metal hand above the work and the compound action allows you to cut thicker material with less effort.

Thick using a ferrous metal cutting blade. Compound snips also called aviation snips are color coded. Jigsaws and metal cutting band saws are more work but can make most cuts in light to medium sheet metal. Green snips are designed to cut clockwise curves and red snips to cut counterclockwise curves.

Bobco metals is a service and manufacturing company specializing in custom service for the last 65 years in southern california. A handheld cutting tool fitted with a metal cut off wheel will easily cut through sheet. Arrange the teeth of your tin snips over the marked line on your sheet metal. We are one of the leaders in galvanized steel sheets roofing panels and much more.

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. Our products include hardware anything to do with metals ornamental and iron fences. In our test it cut through rebar like a hot knife through butter. Welcome to galvanized steel supply.

Use 1 hand to lift 1 half of the sheet metal while using your opposite hand to cut along your pre marked line with slow gradual cuts. Hot metal chips will fly everywhere. It may not be an obvious choice but fitted with the right blade a circular saw is a great metal cutting tool. Cut metal with your circular saw.

I m using irwin to. The fumes and dust irritate the skin eyes lungs mucous membranes and if large quantities are inhaled in a short period of time can be fatal osha says. Cut along your measured line with tin snips. Clamp the sheet of galvanized metal securely using a bench vice with your guide lines facing up.

Short of causing metal fume fever zinc chloride released while cutting galvanized steel can produce a host of other side effects.