Best Tool To Cut Metal Siding

Have you wondered how to install steel siding on a pole barn.

Best tool to cut metal siding.

Best tool to cut metal barn siding in reply to davy fireball 06 13 2011 11 36 18 quoting removed click modern view to see like you i ve used sabre saws sawzalls reverse mounted circular saw blade cutoff blade in a circular saw shears etc. How to cut angle cut for the roof pitch. The metal is for siding a trailer house. Always wear proper protective gear.

Metal roofing with ribs cuts easier from the back side the down side when screwed to the roof. Now you can mount the blade in the saw and cut the roofing metal but you are only removing 1 16 of an inch a much thinner and easier cut. It will make cutting the metal just like cutting wood accept that the noise will be much greater. A handheld cutting tool fitted with a metal cut off wheel will easily cut through sheet.

You can cut mild steel up to about 3 8 in. Thick using a ferrous metal cutting blade. After the roofing has been installed you later trim the last bit of corrugated metal roofing in a tidy way with a good pair of tin snips. Step 3 cutting with only hand tools.

If you are working at a site that does not have a ready power supply for power tools you can still cut corrugated metal using hand tools like a utility knife and pliers. The sheets cover 3 foot so it goes up pretty fast. Cut metal with your circular saw. In this video i show how easy it can be.

Jigsaws and metal cutting band saws are more work but can make most cuts in light to medium sheet metal. I use pencil lines pop lines are too fuzzy. Using a dewalt 20 volt drill and cutters made by malco real good stuff. In our test it cut through rebar like a hot knife through butter.

Hot metal chips will fly. Midwest power cutters long cut snip straight cut offset tin cutting shears with forged blade kush n power comfort grips mwt 6516 4 7 out of 5 stars 496 24 47 24. It may not be an obvious choice but fitted with the right blade a circular saw is a great metal cutting tool. It works great on vertical cuts but i found it to be useless when cutting straight across or on a diagonal of the ribs.