Cutting Aluminum Sheet With Grinder

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Cutting aluminum sheet with grinder.

Something around 14 18 t p i for aluminum. These are good practices for a smooth cut in. Clamp a square to your extrusion as a guide and take your sweet time. Like i say in the video i have extensive experience using a grinder to cut and shape metal and other materials and only by using the tool to do these thing.

But it s impossible to get a proper cut in such tiny effort. Show you the fence i built and how it ensures you have a straight cut. For a home hobby type job like yours use that harbor freight hacksaw frame with a new high quality not from harbor freight blade. Do not use abrasive grinder type blades to cut aluminum.

Place turn on and cut using an angle grinder is that easy if you don t want precise cuts anymore. Ryan shows us how to hold and move an angle grinder or cutoff wheel to cut 25 thick aluminum 6061 t6 plate. Using a softer piece of material such as wood as a backer will allow the chisel to push through the metal and prevent wear on the chisel s tip. To make a proper cut the first thing you will need is the technical support.

If you need something very square your. An angle grinder fitted with an abrasive metal cutting disc works well to cut all kinds of metal including bolts angle iron rebar and even sheet metal. In fact using an angle grinder is quite tricky. How to cut a straight line on a corrugated metal roof piece with an angle grinder.