How To Cut Aluminum Sheet Metal

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

How to cut aluminum sheet metal.

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. To cut the sheets of metal rathe. Sheet aluminium can be cut without the need for a guillotine or tin snips which tend to deform the metal. Bench mounted tools such as shears or band saws cut aluminum sheet relatively slowly and with varying amounts of accuracy.

Place the fracture line over the edge of a table and bend the overhang slightly downwards. This weakens the aluminium and creates a fracture line. 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.