Hot metal chips will fly.
Cutting 2mm steel sheet.
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To operate mark the cut line on the piece of sheet metal.
Cut the stainless steel.
For stainless tubing a circular saw is a perfect tool to use.
How to cut sheet steel using a jigsaw with a metal cutting blade.
Make sure the plywood is larger than the steel plate you will be cutting.
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Situate the metal under the blade and line the blade up with the cut line.
Don t try to cut your stainless steel without clamping it down or it could shift when you re cutting it.
After doing the first two steps you are ready to cut your stainless steel.
It may not be an obvious choice but fitted with the right blade a circular saw is a great metal cutting tool.
Thinner sheets however only require a tin snip.
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If you are cutting through thicker sheets an angle grinder power shear or circular saw is the best option.
Thick using a ferrous metal cutting blade.
Place a piece of 3 4 inch thick plywood flat on the floor.
The tool i would use is metal cutting scissors or snips it s remarkably easy to get a straight cut with these after a little practice.
Pull the handle down slowly with your hand and slice through the metal.
Cut metal with your circular saw.
Set the steel plate on top of the plywood.
Because you will need to clamp the sheet metal it is important to have a workbench and clamp for this.
You can cut mild steel up to about 3 8 in.
In our test it cut through rebar like a hot knife through butter.
Cutting metal can be quite a daunting task.
This is because of all the sparks that tend to fly around and the fumes that come out when cutting.
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.
Use clamps you can tighten like f clamps to secure the sheet metal to the table.
