Cutting Sheet Metal With A Bandsaw

If you feed in very slowly you can cut the sheet metal with no damage to the blade.

Cutting sheet metal with a bandsaw.

For cutting tubes sheet metal metal plates with smaller thickness vertical band saw is ideal. Cutting metal with a wood band saw is not only possible but is and effective way to get the job done. Instructional video for high school metal program. Protected by creative commons 1 if your goal is to tear the teeth off of a bandsaw blade quickly feeding sheet metal into a vertical bandsaw will likely get you there.

The blade only moves in a single direction so there is less jarring at the cut site plus you have solid table that supports the metal as you cut. Band saw for metal cutting. Use a fine tooth raker pattern or alternate tooth blade to do the metal cutting. Machine set up with 24 tpi blade x 250 f.

The trick is to only remove a few thousandths of an inch of metal per tooth. I cutting both steal and aluminum with my band saw in t. A band saw is a one of the best ways the typical diyer can cut sheet metal. Basic overview and instruction.

How to choose a metal cutting band saw blade rake material and teeth. The bend in the teeth creates a cut slightly wider than the thickness of the blade which is important to prevent the blade from getting stuck from being pinched by the metal. The rule of thumb for band saw is to have minimum 2 to 3 tooth in contact with the workpiece you are cutting.