Step 5 optional if your project requires cutting a hole in the center of sheet metal draw it on the metal as you would any other cut line.
Cutting straight line sheet metal.
For thin sheets of metal you can use tin snips to cut through it.
One of the simplest types of press working operations is a sheet metal cutting process called a straight cutoff.
And the long blades make it easy to cut straight and leave a smooth edge.
It cuts metal almost as easily as a scissors cuts paper.
This way you can simply press the edge of the torch cup against the straight edge and slowly make a straight cut.
Industrial sheet metal cutting operations such as this will usually incline the punch so as to reduce the maximum force needed by distributing the required force over the.
As you cut one side of the sheet metal will ride up and over the.
Even so your cut will probably be a little ragged.
A punch separates a length of stock along a straight line.
This same idea i decided to take to sheet metal when using the scissor shears.
If you ve got a lot of straight cutting to do buy tin snips like the one shown in photo 4.
This may be a no brainer to most of you but i had to do a lot of repetitive cutting of sheet steel and was looking for the fastest way to do it.
To cut straight lines use an electric saw.
Then grip the saw with both hands and push the blade through the metal to cut it.