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.
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 will need a powerful jigsaw and even more so if you are working with heavy gauge corrugated metal.
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Cut metal with your circular saw.
Your jigsaw should also have a variable speed setting which is ideal for metal you will want to select a low medium speed setting.
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Using a jigsaw that delivers a 1 in.
You can cut mild steel up to about 3 8 in.
How to cut sheet steel using a jigsaw with a metal cutting blade.
You can use a circular saw to cut tin roofing but it is not the best method for cutting metal sheet.
You must use only a specialty blade designed for cutting sheet metal.
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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.
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Long blade stroke will get you through a job faster than using a saw with a 1 2 in.
I m using irwin to.
If you did not have experience in working with metal roofing you should stay away from using it.
Thick using a ferrous metal cutting blade.
I use pencil lines pop lines are too fuzzy.
The things you need to cut corrugated metal with a jigsaw.
Inexpensive steel tooth blades and carbide tooth blades.
Hot metal chips will fly.
Metal roofing with ribs cuts easier from the back side the down side when screwed to the roof.
In our test it cut through rebar like a hot knife through butter.