Cutting Sheet Metal With Air Hammer

If you ve hit it hard enough the chisel will cut the sheet metal if it s thin enough.

Cutting sheet metal with air hammer.

Simply line up your chisel along the line you are going to cut and strike the back of it with a hammer. Panel shaper bit kit by steck. Do not force it to cut faster as that will overheat the tool and the metal. It works on up to 17 gauge cold rolled steel and will easily cut through sheet metal without deforming the edges.

This is not designed to be a panel cutter. Precise distortion free cuts in sheet metal as thick as 16 gauge. Best air metal nibbler. It s many uses also includes cutting off rusty bolts and muffler clamps.

If electric powered nibblers won t work for your project you re going to want to consider using compressed air. While cutting slowly slice along a marked off line with the cut off wheel letting the air tool do the work. The air nibbler features a lightweight cast aluminum housing a polished finish a high speed steel cutter and a built in regulator for increased functionality. One of the pneumatic nibblers worth considering is the astro pneumatic 727.

The panel shaper is an air hammer driven set of three self lubricating nylon reinforced heads that allow the technician to easily access deep reach areas and badly deformed sheet metal surfaces to form. This tool has the exclusive oldforge curl cut.