Circular saws generally are suitable for cutting aluminum between 0 5 and 6 in.
Cleanest way to cut aluminum siding with a saw.
With care and patience full size sheets of aluminium can be cut using this method.
This will slow your cutting speed.
For example if you use a 10 inch 25 cm saw you can reduce the blade to 7 25 inches 18 4 cm.
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.
Remember goggles and hearing protection.
After a few wiggles the sheet will fracture along the cut line leaving a clean break as shown in the above photos.
Cut across the contours of the aluminum siding with a radial arm saw.
I have tried tin snips skil saw and a sawzall not exactly the cleanest.
Be sure to work slowly in order to maintain the proper form.
The siding is aluminum and although most all of the cut edges will be covered with j channel flashing a small portion will be exposed.
Set your circular saw to the depth of the 1 board plus another 1 8.
Install a plywood blade backward onto a circular saw.
Diameter and larger and for shops that are interested in high speed cutting of aluminum but.
Once you get use to it you can set the cut off blade for a deeper cut and free hand it using the board as a guide.
The cutting speed used for wood is generally going to be too fast to safely cut aluminum.
My question is which tool will allow me to make the cleanest straightest cut.
If the motor housing on your saw is open and could collect metal chips tape a piece of cloth over the openings to protect the motor windings and bearings while you cut the aluminum.
Use a nibbler to cut in a straight line.
Diameter for high volume jobs up to 5 000 parts per shift and for the best possible finish on the cut piece.
Band saws generally make sense for aluminum stock of 6 in.
Mark the area to cut and slowly feed the blade into the siding.
While cutting at the width of the aluminum siding make use of straight tin snips.
Reduce the diameter of the cutting blade for better results.
Flip the sheet over and repeat.
Using the board as the guide for your circular saw cut down the length of the aluminum siding.
These include miter saws chop saws table saws and handheld circular saws.
