Jigsaws and metal cutting band saws are more work but can make most cuts in light to medium sheet metal.
Best tool to cut metal siding.
If you are working at a site that does not have a ready power supply for power tools you can still cut corrugated metal using hand tools like a utility knife and pliers.
The metal is for siding a trailer house.
The sheets cover 3 foot so it goes up pretty fast.
In this video i show how easy it can be.
The best tool to tidy up seen metal roofing areas for example you cut the seen visible roof edge quickly with a nibbler while you cut first with the nibbler half an inch longer than needed.
After the roofing has been installed you later trim the last bit of corrugated metal roofing in a tidy way with a good pair of tin snips.
Best tool to cut metal barn siding in reply to davy fireball 06 13 2011 11 36 18 quoting removed click modern view to see like you i ve used sabre saws sawzalls reverse mounted circular saw blade cutoff blade in a circular saw shears etc.
Have you wondered how to install steel siding on a pole barn.
A handheld cutting tool fitted with a metal cut off wheel will easily cut through sheet.
Hot metal chips will fly.
Cut metal with your circular saw.
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.
Step 3 cutting with only hand tools.
Thick using a ferrous metal cutting blade.
Metal roofing with ribs cuts easier from the back side the down side when screwed to the roof.
How to cut angle cut for the roof pitch.
It works great on vertical cuts but i found it to be useless when cutting straight across or on a diagonal of the ribs.
Always wear proper protective gear.
And then i got a 4 1 2 angle grinder.
I bought this tool as i needed something to cut the 29 gauge corrugated metal siding i was putting on my cabin.
Using a dewalt 20 volt drill and cutters made by malco real good stuff.
It may not be an obvious choice but fitted with the right blade a circular saw is a great metal cutting tool.
In our test it cut through rebar like a hot knife through butter.
I use pencil lines pop lines are too fuzzy.
