Cutting Stainless Steel Sheet Grinder

Just like cutting vinyl siding for your home tin snips work similar to a pair of scissors.

Cutting stainless steel sheet grinder.

Cut the stainless steel first method. Prepping the angle grinder. Use a steel ruler and marking pencil or pen. Cutting steel with an angle grinder.

This is a quick video of how i cut stainless steel sheet metal using a angle grinder and a sawzall. You can cut a stainless steel metal sheet without the burn marks by using a circular saw. Cut stainless steel with a grinding disc. Make sure to match the blade with the thickness of your stainless steel sheet preferably a diamond saw blade because it is stronger than any other circular blades.

Make sure you get a tube cutter designed specifically for stainless steel. A grinder can cut a variety of stainless steel materials including sheets tiles and thicker stock. For small jobs like cutting stainless steel backsplash tiles a rotary tool fitted with an abrasive metal cutting disc works fine. Cut steel thicker than 8 gauge with an angle grinder with an abrasiveness cutoff wheel that is designed for making rough cuts on stainless steel.

Before doing anything put on all safety gear especially the. Be sure to use a face shield safety glasses leather gloves and earplugs to protect yourself from flying debris sparks and loud noise produced by the angle grinder. Be stable and pay attention when using the tool. Especially when working with power tools safety must come first.

The quickest method is a grinder with cut off disc but i. There are many types of stainless steel and some hard varieties are challenging to cut. A stainless steel tube cutter is a handheld device that clamps around a tube of stainless steel and cuts it with a small rotating wheel. Like i say in the video i have extensive experience using a grinder to cut and shape metal and other materials and only by using the tool to do these thing.

Some stainless steel tube cutters can cut through thicker tubes than others so know the measurement of your tube before you buy one. A rotary tool such as a dremel can also make small cuts in stainless steel using similar techniques. Place the metal sheet to be cut on a stable support and mark out the length to be cut. For larger jobs mount an abrasive disc in an angle grinder.

It does create a rough edge particularly on sheet steel but this is easy to grind off with a flap wheel made for stainless steel.