A power jigsaw metal cutting blade that should be fine toothed with approximately 48 teeth per inch.
Cut sheet metal with diamond blade.
If you do decide to use a wood saw on metal only use a 7 1 4 inch blade and preferably a worm drive blade which provides extra.
We recommend using a diamond blade that s labeled as a ferrous metal cutting blade but many tradespeople use a regular masonry diamond blade with good results.
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It will say on the side of your saw blade whether or not your blade is designed to cut through metal.
For thin sheets of metal you can use tin snips to cut through it.
Clamp the sheet metal to a work table and press the dremel blade against it.
To make detailed cuts in sheet metal use a dremel blade.
Any continuous or sharp toothed blade that is used for metal cutting will work.
Metal lath and hardware cloth can be cut with a tin snips but there s an easier way.
Although we use the word cut loosely in most articles the truth is that diamond blades don t cut at all they grind.
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While a metal cutting saw has a collection bin to prevent metal chips from getting into the machine a woodcutting saw isn t designed this way.
Then grip the saw with both hands and push the blade through the metal to cut it.
A diamond blade is actually just a round steel core whose edge is coated with tiny diamond particles with a soft metal glue of sorts to hold them together.
A diamond blade will give you the cleanest results but they re more expensive than a standard circular saw blade.
An aluminum diamond plate is basically a sheet of aluminum on which a recurring pattern of raised diamonds is embossed or stamped.
