Best Way To Cut Corrugated Sheet Metal

How to cut a straight line on a corrugated metal roof piece with an angle grinder.

Best way to cut corrugated sheet metal.

Metal lath and hardware cloth can be cut with a tin snips but there s an easier way. You can cut corrugated metal both parallel to the ridges as well as across the ridges. I m using irwin to. Draw a line down the length or width of the sheet metal using a pencil to mark the cut line.

There are several ways to cut corrugated metal. Use a circular saw to make long straight cuts in thicker sheets of metal. Show you the fence i built and how it ensures you have a straight cut. Cut metal roofing with electric shears.

Probably it s also the cheapest way for cutting corrugated tin roofing. Mount a diamond blade in your angle grinder and use it like a saw to cut the mesh. To cut straight lines use an electric saw. For thin sheets of metal you can use tin snips to cut through it.

Then grip the saw with both hands and push the blade through the metal to cut it. Electric metal shears come in two varieties a standard plug in in power tool or better an attachment for your impact driver this is best done with malco tools shears are a cheap tool that can quickly cut sheets of corrugated metal in straight lines with little effort. Use a pair of snips if you want to avoid power tools altogether and are working with thinner more flexible metal or need to make curved cuts. Start by taping both sides of the sheet metal directly over the line you want to cut and clamp the metal to a work station so it doesn t move.

Tin roofs are lightweight and soft by nature this is why cutting them manually with snips is a good option. Snips are ideal for cutting any type of corrugated roofing especially for cutting softer metal like tin sheets.