Cutting Straight Line Sheet Metal

Recently it clicked in my head to utilize an old trick when making straight cuts with a plasma cutter.

Cutting straight line sheet metal.

Long straight cuts are easier to make with large tin snips. Apply masking tape to both sides of the sheet metal directly over the. This may be a no brainer to most of you but i had to do a lot of repetitive cutting of sheet steel and was looking for the fastest way to do it. Cutting straight lines with an electric saw 1.

If your project requires curved cuts make an easy economical and adjustable. Make long strokes for long straight cuts. Place the sheet metal on top of the workbench and lay out your pattern using a tape measure pencil and straightedge. Open the cutters as wide as you can at the start of each stroke and make long smooth strokes.

The easiest way to straight cut metal sheet. Wax your saw blade before cutting sheet metal. I could never get a perfectly straight line when cutting longer cuts on sheet metal. In this video you ll see how to build a straight cutting angle grinder jig.

An well known trick when cutting with your plasma cutter is to clamp a metal straight edge to the metal so the arc is directly over your cut line. Tape the sheet metal and secure it in place. This way you can simply press the edge of the torch cup against the straight edge and slowly make a straight cut.