Tools To Cut 22 Gauge Sheet Metal

The simplest cutter in a fabricator s toolbox tin snips are a quick way to slice through light sheet metal.

Tools to cut 22 gauge sheet metal. We have straight left cut and right cut tin snips from channellock wiss and eastwood. 4 7 out of 5 stars 609. You can use an electric saw for simple lines or you can try tin snips dremels or metal nibblers for complex designs with curved lines. Malco ts1 turbo shear 20 gauge capacity sheet metal cutting attachment.

Depending on the pattern and type of sheet metal you can use several different kinds of equipment to make a cut. You can cut mild steel up to about 3 8 in. Hot metal chips will fly everywhere. Simply line up your chisel along the line you are going to cut and strike the back of it with a hammer.

If you ve hit it hard enough the chisel will cut the sheet metal if it s thin enough. In our test it cut through rebar like a hot knife through butter. Cut metal with your circular saw. Using a chisel and hammer is the most basic form of cutting sheet metal.

It may not be an obvious choice but fitted with the right blade a circular saw is a great metal cutting tool. Properly known as aviation snips these tools are basically giant scissors to use for new panel forming or for trimming rust spots off existing panels.