Cut Sheet Metal With Diamond Blade

Metal lath and hardware cloth can be cut with a tin snips but there s an easier way.

Cut sheet metal with diamond blade.

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. Continue reading below our video of the day step 1 prepare aluminum on the sawhorse. Using firm pressure dig into the surface until you reach the ideal depth of your cut then move forward along the line of your intended incision. Hold the blade down on the sheet metal s surface at the edge of the intended cut.

Although we use the word cut loosely in most articles the truth is that diamond blades don t cut at all they grind. Hold the snips loose in your hand and place the two blades around the edge that you d like to cut. Now a single blade can outlast as many as 70 abrasive discs giving you the lowest cost per cut. This will not only brace it to keep it in place but you ll be able to pull it up as you cut.

4 3 out of 5 stars 63. 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. Now cut metal like never before introducing the new ridgid diamond cut blade with up to 70x more life. Diamond extreme all purpose heavy duty 4 1 2 inch 4 5 x 100 x 7 8 5 8 metal cutting diamond blade for rebar ductile pipe angle iron steel plating and similar materials.

Hold the side of the metal sheet and put your snips around the edge. Mount a diamond blade in your angle grinder and use it like a saw to cut the mesh. Press the dremel blade against the sheet metal. Use your nondominant hand to hold the side of the metal.