Cutting Slots In Sheet Metal

This is just a couple of ways to create slots on curved surfaces.

Cutting slots in sheet metal. Drill two holes one for each end of your slot to finish the cut cleanly. Step 4 drill a hole over the marked area on the sheet metal. Where the work piece is sheared and bent with one strike of the lancing tool. 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.

Lancing operation in sheet metal lancing is a type of punching operation. Use the dremel with the fibre cut off wheel to cut your slot. Use layout dye and an awl to make sure your cuts are true. You will need to cut the ends to both sides of your piece since the tool and shaft get in the way of going all the way down.

If you re cutting 125 steel with a 0625 em try cutting no deeper than 0313 per pass. When the part is flattened it is also a normal to cut. Once you select the green check the slot is created just like the extrude cut feature. Mark the shape and size of the slot you want to cut in the sheet metal using the marker.

Solidworks then wants you to select the face in which you want to create the cut. You should be fine. A handheld cutting tool fitted with a metal cut off wheel will easily cut through sheet. If it s sufficiently far away from the jaw then it s a very simple cut.

Make sure you are using a drill bit for metal surfaces and always select a drill bit that is slightly smaller than the mark.