Cut Sheet Metal With Diamond Blade

A power jigsaw metal cutting blade that should be fine toothed with approximately 48 teeth per inch.

Cut sheet metal with diamond blade.

We recommend using a diamond blade that s labeled as a ferrous metal cutting blade but many tradespeople use a regular masonry diamond blade with good results. While a metal cutting saw has a collection bin to prevent metal chips from getting into the machine a woodcutting saw isn t designed this way. A diamond blade will give you the cleanest results but they re more expensive than a standard circular saw blade. This is because a wood cutting circular saw has an open motor housing.

Metal lath and hardware cloth can be cut with a tin snips but there s an easier way. Although we use the word cut loosely in most articles the truth is that diamond blades don t cut at all they grind. Clamp the sheet metal to a work table and press the dremel blade against it. Diamond metal cutter graff black 4 1 2 inch professional angle grinder cutting wheel sheet metal cutter cut off wheel 7 8 inch arbor 3x longer metal max wheel life 115mm 4 5 out of 5 stars 107 17 01 17.

A diamond blade is actually just a round steel core whose edge is coated with tiny diamond particles with a soft metal glue of sorts to hold them together. An aluminum diamond plate is basically a sheet of aluminum on which a recurring pattern of raised diamonds is embossed or stamped. Now a single blade can outlast as many as 70 abrasive discs giving you the lowest cost per cut. If you do decide to use a wood saw on metal only use a 7 1 4 inch blade and preferably a worm drive blade which provides extra.

It will say on the side of your saw blade whether or not your blade is designed to cut through metal. To make detailed cuts in sheet metal use a dremel blade. For thin sheets of metal you can use tin snips to cut through it. 3 pack of diamond extreme 4 1 2 inch 4 5 high performance metal cutting diamond blade wet or dry with cooling holes for steel rebar sheet metal pipe angle iron and plastics 4 1 2 inch 3 8 out of 5 stars 7.

Then grip the saw with both hands and push the blade through the metal to cut it.