Cutting Aluminum Siding

Using a dewalt 20 volt drill and cutters made by malco real good stuff.

Cutting aluminum siding.

A radial arm or bench power saw can help to speed up the process of cutting and installing the vinyl siding. As you start cutting along the contours of the aluminum siding use your radial arm saw. Sheet aluminium can be cut without the need for a guillotine or tin snips which tend to deform the metal. Hopefully you have a set of tin snips that will allow you to make cuts in any direction.

The metal is for siding a trailer house. Cut steel and non ferrous metals you can safely cut steel and aluminum with a circular saw providing you have the right blade. The speed along with the vibrating blades ensure that you get a straight cut. Place the fracture line over the edge of a table and bend the overhang slightly downwards.

This jig can also be used to easily cut vinyl. A nibbler is made from two small blades that vibrate up and down at a very high speed. While cutting at the width of the aluminum siding make use of straight tin snips. Cut aluminum with your miter saw making accurate cuts on aluminum rods tubes and angles is easy with a miter saw and a blade designed to cut nonferrous metal check the label.

This weakens the aluminium and creates a fracture line. How to cut angle cut for the roof pitch. There will come a time in any aluminum siding project where you ll need to make a cut that isn t as simple as a straight vertical cut you can make with your saw. I show you a simple wooden jig i built myself to cut new aluminum soffit.

It saved me countless hours of work. Make sure the panel is being used to reduce the risk of snags while cutting. With the aid of a straight edge and a sharp knife score both sides of the aluminium sheet. Use a nibbler to cut in a straight line.

For these kinds of cuts tin snips are very handy.