Cut Sheet Metal With Diamond Blade

While a metal cutting saw has a collection bin to prevent metal chips from getting into the machine a woodcutting saw isn t designed this way.

Cut sheet metal with diamond blade.

We recommend using a diamond blade that s labeled as a ferrous metal cutting blade but many tradespeople use a regular masonry diamond blade with good results. Then grip the saw with both hands and push the blade through the metal to cut it. Mount a diamond blade in your angle grinder and use it like a saw to cut the mesh. Clamp the sheet metal to a work table and press the dremel blade against it.

To make detailed cuts in sheet metal use a dremel blade. 3 pack of diamond extreme 4 1 2 inch 4 5 high performance metal cutting diamond blade wet or dry with cooling holes for steel rebar sheet metal pipe angle iron and plastics 4 1 2 inch 3 8 out of 5 stars 7. Although we use the word cut loosely in most articles the truth is that diamond blades don t cut at all they grind. For thin sheets of metal you can use tin snips to cut through it.

If you do decide to use a wood saw on metal only use a 7 1 4 inch blade and preferably a worm drive blade which provides extra. A diamond blade is actually just a round steel core whose edge is coated with tiny diamond particles with a soft metal glue of sorts to hold them together. Now cut metal like never before introducing the new ridgid diamond cut blade with up to 70x more life. This is because a wood cutting circular saw has an open motor housing.

Any continuous or sharp toothed blade that is used for metal cutting will work. Metal lath and hardware cloth can be cut with a tin snips but there s an easier way. Diamond metal cutter graff black 4 1 2 inch professional angle grinder cutting wheel sheet metal cutter cut off wheel 7 8 inch arbor 3x longer metal max wheel life 115mm 4 5 out of 5 stars 107 17 01 17. A diamond blade will give you the cleanest results but they re more expensive than a standard circular saw blade.

It will say on the side of your saw blade whether or not your blade is designed to cut through metal.