How To Cut Aluminum Sheet Metal

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How to cut aluminum sheet metal.

An air powered sheet metal nibbler or a nibbler head attached to a power drill can cut through galvanized corrugated aluminum sheet as well as flat sheet up to 16 gauge. Sheet aluminium can be cut without the need for a guillotine or tin snips which tend to deform the metal. To cut the sheets of metal rathe. Step 5 optional if your project requires cutting a hole in the center of sheet metal draw it on the metal as you would any other cut line.

Larger presses can be loaded with. Bench mounted tools such as shears or band saws cut aluminum sheet relatively slowly and with varying amounts of accuracy. This weakens the aluminium and creates a fracture line. Place the fracture line over the edge of a table and bend the overhang slightly downwards.

With the aid of a straight edge and a sharp knife score both sides of the aluminium sheet. Then create a pilot hole within the penciled circle.