How To Cut Thin Galvanized Sheet Metal

Put on a pair of work gloves before you wax the saw to protect your hands.

How to cut thin galvanized sheet metal.

Place the metal on a hard surface to score it and on long pieces do the bending with the score place along a sharp edge of a bench and if necessary clamp the fixed piece with a long piece of flat wood to prevent buckling the metal while bending it back and forth. Hold the side of the metal sheet and put your snips around the edge. You can cut mild steel up to about 3 8 in. Thick using a ferrous metal cutting blade.

This will not only brace it to keep it in place but you ll be able to pull it up as you cut. Use your nondominant hand to hold the side of the metal. I hope this reads sensibly. Hold the snips loose in your hand and place the two blades around the edge that you d like to cut.

Cutting straight lines with an electric saw. Hot metal chips will fly everywhere. 2 x research source. It may not be an obvious choice but fitted with the right blade a circular saw is a great metal cutting tool.