Hold the tool tight.
Cutting sheet metal straight with dremel.
Loosen the drill head with the kit provided wrench.
Install one of the cutoff wheels or high speed 1 8 inch cutter.
Cutting straight lines with an electric saw.
Hot metal chips will fly.
Next turn the rotary tool onto a medium or high speed to give you the right amount of power required to cut out or through the metal.
Place the dremel cutter on the cutting line perpendicularly to the sheet metal.
How to cut sheet metal method 1 of 4.
If you ve got a lot of straight cutting to do buy tin snips like the one shown in photo 4.
It cuts metal almost as easily as a scissors cuts paper.
Place a strip of low adhesive tape along the cut line to protect the top surface of the.
Make sure you hold the dremel with both hands for stability over the marked area.
Choose between red blue or yellow snips based on the cut direction.
Thick using a ferrous metal cutting blade.
And the long blades make it easy to cut straight and leave a smooth edge.
Hold the tool tight.
As you cut one side of the sheet metal will ride up and over the.
Making detailed cuts with.
How to cut sheet metal with the dremel multi tool step 1.
In our test it cut through rebar like a hot knife through butter.
The cutting wheel designed to cut metal will likely be a spinning disk that sits flat at the end of the shaft.
The circle cutter has convenient measurement guides in both inches and centimeters so you can cut out the right sized circle every time.
Cut metal with your circular saw.
The 678 01 circle cutter and straight edge guide attaches easily to the dremel high speed rotary tool and cuts perfect circles from 3 4 inch to 12 inch in diameter.
It may not be an obvious choice but fitted with the right blade a circular saw is a great metal cutting tool.
Even so your cut will probably be a little ragged.
Using tin snips for thin sheets.
Play pause space step 2.
Wax your saw blade before cutting sheet metal.
If you re cutting sheet metal and can t make the cut with a hand tool a dremel rotary tool can do the job.
You can cut mild steel up to about 3 8 in.
