Cutting 25 Steel Sheet

Make sure the plywood is larger than the steel plate you will be cutting.

Cutting 25 steel sheet.

Thick using a ferrous metal cutting blade. When cutting do not close shut the blade completely on the sheet it ll curl the edge of metal. Thin gauge steel like sheet metal can be cut with a large variety of tools. A soft wood backer will allow for the chisel to pass through more easily by providing support for the metal.

Laser or waterjet may yield nicer edges but they are much more expensive to purchase and to run. Hot metal chips will fly. Today i ll go over three different tools you can use to cut sheet metal and plate. Cut metal with your circular saw.

Place a piece of 3 4 inch thick plywood flat on the floor. It may not be an obvious choice but fitted with the right blade a circular saw is a great metal cutting tool. You can cut mild steel up to about 3 8 in. For cutting steel sheet and flat materials they are easy and fast.

Thinner sheets however only require a tin snip. Set the steel plate on top of the plywood. Is thin so it wouldn t be that difficult to cut with the bull dog snips scribe a cut line on the sheet and just follow it with the snips. Steel comes in many different forms and thicknesses.

Plasma is definitely one of the best ways to go if you re cutting shapes from plate. After doing the first two steps you are ready to cut your stainless steel. 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.

Steel thickness is referred to as gauge the smaller the number of gauge the thicker the steel. In our test it cut through rebar like a hot knife through butter.