Cutting Stainless Steel Sheet Grinder

Make sure to match the blade with the thickness of your stainless steel sheet preferably a diamond saw blade because it is stronger than any other circular blades.

Cutting stainless steel sheet grinder. Prepping the angle grinder. Be stable and pay attention when using the tool. Before doing anything put on all safety gear especially the. Use a steel ruler and marking pencil or pen.

For larger jobs mount an abrasive disc in an angle grinder. It does create a rough edge particularly on sheet steel but this is easy to grind off with a flap wheel made for stainless steel. Especially when working with power tools safety must come first. A stainless steel tube cutter is a handheld device that clamps around a tube of stainless steel and cuts it with a small rotating wheel.

The plasma cutter is best used for cutting through thick sheets of stainless steel. Just like cutting vinyl siding for your home tin snips work similar to a pair of scissors. This is a quick video of how i cut stainless steel sheet metal using a angle grinder and a sawzall. It is a handheld saw with a circular blade.

Be sure to use a face shield safety glasses leather gloves and earplugs to protect yourself from flying debris sparks and loud noise produced by the angle grinder. Cutting steel with an angle grinder. A grinder can cut a variety of stainless steel materials including sheets tiles and thicker stock. For small jobs like cutting stainless steel backsplash tiles a rotary tool fitted with an abrasive metal cutting disc works fine.

Make sure you get a tube cutter designed specifically for stainless steel. Some stainless steel tube cutters can cut through thicker tubes than others so know the measurement of your tube before you buy one. You can cut a stainless steel metal sheet without the burn marks by using a circular saw. Cut steel thicker than 8 gauge with an angle grinder with an abrasiveness cutoff wheel that is designed for making rough cuts on stainless steel.

Cut stainless steel with a grinding disc. A rotary tool such as a dremel can also make small cuts in stainless steel using similar techniques. Cut the stainless steel first method. Like i say in the video i have extensive experience using a grinder to cut and shape metal and other materials and only by using the tool to do these thing.

There are many types of stainless steel and some hard varieties are challenging to cut.