Cutting Sheet Metal With A Bandsaw

Basic overview and instruction.

Cutting sheet metal with a bandsaw.

Protected by creative commons 1 if your goal is to tear the teeth off of a bandsaw blade quickly feeding sheet metal into a vertical bandsaw will likely get you there. The blade only moves in a single direction so there is less jarring at the cut site plus you have solid table that supports the metal as you cut. The trick is to only remove a few thousandths of an inch of metal per tooth. Bandsaw blades used for cutting metal have bent teeth.

For cutting tubes sheet metal metal plates with smaller thickness vertical band saw is ideal. If you feed in very slowly you can cut the sheet metal with no damage to the blade. Machine set up with 24 tpi blade x 250 f. The bend in the teeth creates a cut slightly wider than the thickness of the blade which is important to prevent the blade from getting stuck from being pinched by the metal.

Also includes pps for classroom. How to choose a metal cutting band saw blade rake material and teeth. Instructional video for high school metal program. The rule of thumb for band saw is to have minimum 2 to 3 tooth in contact with the workpiece you are cutting.

Use a fine tooth raker pattern or alternate tooth blade to do the metal cutting. You can cut various shapes easily using the vertical saw. I cutting both steal and aluminum with my band saw in t.