It may not be an obvious choice but fitted with the right blade a circular saw is a great metal cutting tool.
Jigsaw blades that cut tin roof.
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If you did not have experience in working with metal roofing you should stay away from using it.
In our test it cut through rebar like a hot knife through butter.
I use pencil lines pop lines are too fuzzy.
You will need a powerful jigsaw and even more so if you are working with heavy gauge corrugated metal.
Dewalt 5 pack 6 in.
There are two types.
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How to cut sheet steel using a jigsaw with a metal cutting blade.
A note on jigsaw types.
Inexpensive steel tooth blades and carbide tooth blades.
Metal roofing with ribs cuts easier from the back side the down side when screwed to the roof.
Cut metal with your circular saw.
The things you need to cut corrugated metal with a jigsaw.
Lenox 3 pack 6 in 18 tpi metal cutting reciprocating saw blade.
Thick using a ferrous metal cutting blade.
Using a jigsaw that delivers a 1 in.
Your jigsaw should also have a variable speed setting which is ideal for metal you will want to select a low medium speed setting.
Hot metal chips will fly.
Now you can mount the blade in the saw and cut the roofing metal but you are only removing 1 16 of an inch a much thinner and easier cut.
You can cut mild steel up to about 3 8 in.
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Jigsaws with this feature have dialed settings that change the pitch of the blade from straight up and down for metal cutting to angled forward for aggressively cutting wood.
You can use a circular saw to cut tin roofing but it is not the best method for cutting metal sheet.
Metal cutting saw blades.
I m using irwin to.
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