We are having a hell of a time cutting our 18ga steel to the right size. The pnematic nibbler and shears just can't quite make it through, and constantly get stuck. Anyone have a good way of doing it, or can reccomend a good tool?
Wheel I was thinking Torch the heffer then grind it down, Dammit Mafix stop correcting me lol :stfu: :arrow: :hail:
Metal shear would be my choice for straight cuts Not that expensive I think I paid $50 - 60 for it and it will do 16 guage. Another option I know for straight or curved cuts is to get some sheets of styrofoam, lay them flat on a table and put the sheet metal on top. Cut the metal with a jigsaw just make sure that there is enough styrofoam under the metal so the jigsaw blade only cuts the metal and styrofoam and doesn't hit the table.
Just make sure you have enough styrofoam under the metal so the jig saw blade does hit whatever the strofoam is on top of.
If you are doing large straight cuts, as in breaking down a big sheet into smaller pieces, get a metal cutting blade for a circular saw - works great.
So an update on this. I found that there are two really good tools for making these cuts: 1) an *electric* set of three-finger shears. Works like a charm. Apparently the pneumatic ones actually need something like 18CFM at 90PSI to work. 2) An electric shear head. http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/D ... mber=92115 http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/D ... mber=92148 They both work about equally well, depending on the curve of the cut you are trying to make. The secodn one tends to not do curves very well, but leaves a super-clean edge. The former does curves, but wastes a 1/4" strip of spiral metal.
