How To Use A Disc Cutter To Cut Sheet Metal

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How to use a disc cutter to cut sheet metal.

With many sizes of circles to choose from you can now make all the circles you need for your various jewelry and craft projects. Thin cutting discs generate less heat during operation create less tool vibration completes cut in less time and less metal wasted in each cut this can save up to 2mm. Using a 1lb brass hammer see how to easily cut up to 14 gauge sheet metal using a disc cutter. However from a broad point of view we can divide all sorts of sheet metal cutting tools into these two kinds sheet metal cutting hand tools.

Clamp the sheet metal in place on your work table to hold it in place while you work. Cutting slim walled profiles and pipes. But the discs wear down quickly cut slowly and shrink in diameter as you use them. Tin snips are primarily used for cutting thin sheet metal like tin aluminum brass and thin gauge stainless steel.

The real trick to getting a good cut is to make sure the sheet metal is laying flat on top of the lower plate. Align the snips with the line you want to cut with the upper blade of the tin snips touching the sheet metal. There are tools like shear cutters that are both versatile and easy to use when cutting sheet metals. Suitable for use on ferrous and non ferrous metals and stainless steel.

Slitting disc thin cutting disc. Great addition to any work bench for cutting burr free metal. Provides a fine cut line. Featured in the video is a sheet of lilly pilly aluminum.

Disc cutter hydraulic press 2 pillar description hydraulic press designed for disc cutters to cut sheet metal inside press. Among other tools there is hacksaw which is also for short and straight cuts. Hold the punch down firmly on the metal sheet and to use a good firm non glancing hammer blow. Practice striking hard enough to cut the disc in one blow but not so hard as to drive the cut disc all the way through the tool.