Cutting Aluminum Siding

With the aid of a straight edge and a sharp knife score both sides of the aluminium sheet.

Cutting aluminum siding.

It saved me countless hours of work. How to cut angle cut for the roof pitch. Using a dewalt 20 volt drill and cutters made by malco real good stuff. Use a nibbler to cut in a straight line.

Make sure the panel is being used to reduce the risk of snags while cutting. Hopefully you have a set of tin snips that will allow you to make cuts in any direction. A pair of high quality tin snips can help to speed up the shaping and cutting of the aluminum siding and is especially helpful in cutting the curves. I show you a simple wooden jig i built myself to cut new aluminum soffit.

Place the fracture line over the edge of a table and bend the overhang slightly downwards. Sheet aluminium can be cut without the need for a guillotine or tin snips which tend to deform the metal. Cut aluminum with your miter saw making accurate cuts on aluminum rods tubes and angles is easy with a miter saw and a blade designed to cut nonferrous metal check the label. This weakens the aluminium and creates a fracture line.

There will come a time in any aluminum siding project where you ll need to make a cut that isn t as simple as a straight vertical cut you can make with your saw. Step 2 measuring. The metal is for siding a trailer house. For these kinds of cuts tin snips are very handy.

A radial arm or bench power saw can help to speed up the process of cutting and installing the vinyl siding. While cutting at the width of the aluminum siding make use of straight tin snips. Be sure to work slowly in order to achieve an even cut. As you start cutting along the contours of the aluminum siding use your radial arm saw.

Cut steel and non ferrous metals you can safely cut steel and aluminum with a circular saw providing you have the right blade.