Cut Letters Into Sheet Metal

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Cut letters into sheet metal. For thin sheets of metal you can use tin snips to cut through it. You need the wood to absorb the shock of hammering into the metal. Place your first letter on your drawn line. If you move your letters while hammering the letter will shadow so hold your letters nice and steady.

The edges are sharp the cutoffs are stiff and get in the way the snips bind or you just can t seem to negotiate the curve. Then grip the saw with both hands and push the blade through the metal to cut it. These problems are common for those of us who don t work with sheet metal every day. Stylish enough for the boardroom yet tough enough for the great outdoors our flat cut metal letters and logos are made true from high grade plate metal.

However this metal can be tricky to cut because of its wavy shape. Instead use an electric grinder with cutting wheels and. Cutting sheet metal with snips can be tricky and frustrating. And using power tools such as a reciprocating saw or jigsaw may damage the metal and deform it.

Solid metal letters and logos can be made from aluminum steel copper bronze and brass. Hit the hammer once very firmly. But you don t have to be a tinsmith to cut sheet metal successfully. Considered the premium in sign lettering cut metal letters immediately increase the value of an entrance storefront or lobby.

Start by taping both sides of the sheet metal directly over the line you want to cut and clamp the metal to a work station so it doesn t move. To cut straight lines use an electric saw. The metal itself isn t too think but is thicker than a normal piece of sheet metal. I have seen a few metal cutting tools such as snips and nibblers but they cut through the metal to get to their point of interest which i only want the lettering to be cut.