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Cutting corrugated sheet metal circular saw.
You can use a sawing table or a set of sawhorses.
Switch out your saw blade for any blade.
While the blade guard will protect you from most of the sparks.
One of the main problems with using a wood cutting saw to cut through metal is the speed as most of these saws go well beyond the recommended speed for cutting metal.
I know there are probably many other me.
Whether you use an angle grinder or a circular saw the heat damages the edges and the shower of hot sparks can destroy the protective coating and burns the paint finish.
Put on a pair of thick gloves and a welding mask.
After cutting grasp the edge and bend it once or twice to break it off.
Place your corrugated metal on top of your work surface.
Using a circular saw 1.
You can also cut the sheet metal with a circular saw but this may cause the cut end to rust prematurely.
To cut across the ridges use tin snips.
Otherwise you may end up overheating the metal and cause serious harm to yourself and your power tools.
Todays toolsday video is all about cutting metal with a circular saw.
I know there are other corrugated metal and circular saw videos out there but the ones i saw were a little rough and since i haven t made a video in a while i figured it d be a decent little.
To safely and efficiently cut through metal with a circular saw you ll need to operate at a maximum no load rpm of 5 000.