Circle Cutting Sheet Metal

You can cut an irregularly shaped metal sheet in the form of a circle.

Circle cutting sheet metal.

In diameter in a variety of materials. The circle cutter goes right through tile composite and hardwood and allows you to cut any circle size between 1 in. These problems are common for those of us who don t work with sheet metal every day. The attachment has convenient measurement guides in both inches and centimeters so you can cut out the right sized circle every time.

But the discs wear down quickly cut slowly and shrink in diameter as you use them. An angle grinder fitted with an abrasive metal cutting disc works well to cut all kinds of metal including bolts angle iron rebar and even sheet metal. The cutter is the ideal tool for making clock faces toy wheels birdhouses and other projects. Technically a circle is a two dimensional shape it has its edge equidistant from its center which is known as its circumference.

Instead we recommend using a diamond blade that s rated to cut ferrous metal. What are sheet metal circles. In response to a question about h. It didn t work as well as plan.

Cutting sheet metal with snips can be tricky and frustrating. Great for woodworkers model builders clockmakers and hobbyists. But you don t have to be a tinsmith to cut sheet metal successfully. Drill bit and 2 cutting blades.

General tools wheel and circle cutters produce precision circles in sheet metal brass copper soft steel aluminum plastic wood and composition materials. 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. The distance between the center point of the circle and a point on the boundary is known as radius. You can easily attach the dremel circle cutter to the dremel high speed rotary tool sold separately.

The cutter includes a plain brad point drill 4mm hex key wrench 1 1 4 in. Rexbeti double head sheet nibbler metal cutter quality nibbler drill attachment for straight curve and circle cutting maximum 14 gauge steel 4 7 out of 5 stars 340 37 99 37. We had a need to cut a 7 circle out of metal on a sunday and didn t have access to any stores that sell them so we made one.