Cutting Straight Line Sheet Metal

Open the cutters as wide as you can at the start of each stroke and make long smooth strokes.

Cutting straight line sheet metal. In this video you ll see how to build a straight cutting angle grinder jig. An well known trick when cutting with your plasma cutter is to clamp a metal straight edge to the metal so the arc is directly over your cut line. This may be a no brainer to most of you but i had to do a lot of repetitive cutting of sheet steel and was looking for the fastest way to do it. I could never get a perfectly straight line when cutting longer cuts on sheet metal.

Recently it clicked in my head to utilize an old trick when making straight cuts with a plasma cutter. Tape the sheet metal and secure it in place. I have been trying to do it in the s. Apply masking tape to both sides of the sheet metal directly over the.

Long straight cuts are easier to make with large tin snips. Make long strokes for long straight cuts. This way you can simply press the edge of the torch cup against the straight edge and slowly make a straight cut. Wax your saw blade before cutting sheet metal.

Metal is difficult for saws to cut and rubbing wax along the blade. The easiest way to straight cut metal sheet. If your project requires curved cuts make an easy economical and adjustable.