Cutting Sheet Metal Letters

Solid metal letters and logos can be made from aluminum steel copper bronze and brass.

Cutting sheet metal letters.

Finishes range from brushed satin rusted painted and powder coated so you can get the metal sign you envision. Stylish enough for the boardroom yet tough enough for the great outdoors our flat cut metal letters and logos are made true from high grade plate metal. Fabricated sign letters can also be used in combination with neon lights or leds to create internally illuminated signage. For thin sheets of metal you can use tin snips to cut through it.

But the discs wear down quickly cut slowly and shrink in diameter as you use them. Fabricated metal sign letters are recommended for retail or architectural letters that are at least 1 2. However this metal can be tricky to cut because of its wavy shape. 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.

Instead use an electric grinder with cutting wheels and. Start by taping both sides of the sheet metal directly over the line you want to cut and clamp the metal to a work station so it doesn t move. More metals more finishes from prime aluminum to stainless steel to bronze to brass copper and core ten steel we offer the widest range of metal alloys finishes and gauges. The metal itself isn t too think but is thicker than a normal piece of sheet metal.

Instead we recommend using a diamond blade that s rated to cut ferrous metal. Thick where high end quality fabrication is required and where metal finishes are desired. To cut straight lines use an electric saw. And using power tools such as a reciprocating saw or jigsaw may damage the metal and deform it.

A rainbow of gorgeous finishes enhance the look of these best selling sign letters. Considered the premium in sign lettering cut metal letters immediately increase the value of an entrance storefront or lobby. Instead of using a pencil a magic marker or soapstone kevin caron suggests. I have seen a few metal cutting tools such as snips and nibblers but they cut through the metal to get to their point of interest which i only want the lettering to be cut.