Hand Cutting Sheet Metal Tutorial

Hand cutting sheet metal tutorial duration.

Hand cutting sheet metal tutorial. Metal is difficult for saws to cut and rubbing wax along the blade helps prolong its sharpness. Apply a thin layer of paraffin or saw wax to the blade just enough to cover the surface before making any cuts in the metal. Open the cutters as wide as you can at the start of each stroke and make long smooth strokes. Natoli panel creations 261 866 views.

Wax your saw blade before cutting sheet metal. Put on a pair of work gloves before you wax the saw to protect your hands. How to make a round tube center finder duration. Hand cutting sheet metal tutorial.

Make long strokes for long straight cuts. Apart from hand nibbler there are electric nibbler drill powered nibbler and pneumatic nibblers and so on. Making a sheetmetal box. How to make a hood scoop part 3 of 3 custom metal fab with ron covell at eastwood.

The way of cutting sheets with nibbler is to cut punches out of a tiny metal sheet and repeat the process until you get your desired dimension. Manual folding machine box pan brake. Long straight cuts are easier to make with large tin snips. Wildman tech 13 605 views.

Lift the cutoff strip and roll it to the side to prevent it from binding on the tin snips handle.