Cutting Aluminum Siding

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Cutting aluminum siding. I show you a simple wooden jig i built myself to cut new aluminum soffit. Place the fracture line over the edge of a table and bend the overhang slightly downwards. A radial arm or bench power saw can help to speed up the process of cutting and installing the vinyl siding. Using a dewalt 20 volt drill and cutters made by malco real good stuff.

Be sure to work slowly in order to achieve an even cut. Make sure the panel is being used to reduce the risk of snags while cutting. This weakens the aluminium and creates a fracture line. Cut steel and non ferrous metals you can safely cut steel and aluminum with a circular saw providing you have the right blade.

This jig can also be used to easily cut vinyl. With the aid of a straight edge and a sharp knife score both sides of the aluminium sheet. While cutting at the width of the aluminum siding make use of straight tin snips. As you start cutting along the contours of the aluminum siding use your radial arm saw.

It saved me countless hours of work. A pair of high quality tin snips can help to speed up the shaping and cutting of the aluminum siding and is especially helpful in cutting the curves. Hopefully you have a set of tin snips that will allow you to make cuts in any direction. There will come a time in any aluminum siding project where you ll need to make a cut that isn t as simple as a straight vertical cut you can make with your saw.

The metal is for siding a trailer house. How to cut angle cut for the roof pitch. Cut aluminum with your miter saw making accurate cuts on aluminum rods tubes and angles is easy with a miter saw and a blade designed to cut nonferrous metal check the label. Use a nibbler to cut in a straight line.

For these kinds of cuts tin snips are very handy.