How To Cut 1mm Aluminium Sheet

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How to cut 1mm aluminium sheet.

You may want to have a bottle on hand for when drilling through thicker sheets or steel. Cutting aluminum sheet metal with a hammer and chisel is relatively straight forward line up the edge of the chisel along the line you wish to cut and strike the chisel with a hammer. Sheet aluminium can be cut without the need for a guillotine or tin snips which tend to deform the metal. Apply a lubricant like standard oil or saw wax to your blade then slow your cutting speed by reducing the diameter of the cutting blade.

Next secure your aluminum pieces with clamps and slowly feed the aluminum through the blade using steady even pressure. Then bend the sheet back and forth a few times to snap it. And you can use the same technique anytime you need a straight cut on aluminum or other light gauge sheet metal even steel. Using a softer piece of material such as wood as a backer will allow the chisel to push through the metal and prevent wear on the chisel s tip.

Be the first to share. Tired of getting fingers cut on sheet metal while using tin snips. I would first make a cut far from the line somewhere in the area you re going to discard to get a feeling for a particular tool cutting steel of a particular thickness. Check out this video.

To cut aluminum use a wood cutting saw with carbide tipped blades. To cut the sheets of metal rathe.