Place a strip of low adhesive tape along the cut line to protect the top surface of the.
Cutting sheet metal straight with dremel.
The circle cutter has convenient measurement guides in both inches and centimeters so you can cut out the right sized circle every time.
Make sure you hold the dremel with both hands for stability over the marked area.
Loosen the drill head with the kit provided wrench.
Wax your saw blade before cutting sheet metal.
Cutting straight lines with an electric saw.
Hold the tool tight.
How to cut sheet metal with the dremel multi tool step 1.
Making detailed cuts with.
Thick using a ferrous metal cutting blade.
As you cut one side of the sheet metal will ride up and over the.
It cuts metal almost as easily as a scissors cuts paper.
And the long blades make it easy to cut straight and leave a smooth edge.
Install one of the cutoff wheels or high speed 1 8 inch cutter.
Place the dremel cutter on the cutting line perpendicularly to the sheet metal.
Hold the tool tight.
Simply open the jaws or clamp to accept the shaft insert it and turn it on.
Cut metal with your circular saw.
You can cut mild steel up to about 3 8 in.
Choose between red blue or yellow snips based on the cut direction.
Next turn the rotary tool onto a medium or high speed to give you the right amount of power required to cut out or through the metal.
The cutting wheel designed to cut metal will likely be a spinning disk that sits flat at the end of the shaft.
It may not be an obvious choice but fitted with the right blade a circular saw is a great metal cutting tool.
Hot metal chips will fly.
If you ve got a lot of straight cutting to do buy tin snips like the one shown in photo 4.
The 678 01 circle cutter and straight edge guide attaches easily to the dremel high speed rotary tool and cuts perfect circles from 3 4 inch to 12 inch in diameter.
How to cut sheet metal method 1 of 4.
Using tin snips for thin sheets.
Before you start cutting position the tool in such a way that the cutting wheel is in a perpendicular state to the metal being cut.
Set the rotation speed to 2000 rpm and start the machine.
In our test it cut through rebar like a hot knife through butter.