How to cut 18 Gauge Stainless Steel
DIY cut Stainless sheet w/ Sawzall + Grinder
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what's up guys Josh here so this is the
second part of my video I took about a
three minute break to scribble off the
word drill and scribble cut next to it
just because this was a two-part video
that I was shooting on how to drown and
also how to cut stainless uh this is
actually a customer's piece right now I
needed to have it ready for tomorrow
morning but I told my crew that I was
gonna do it at home just that I wanted
to share this video with you guys so of
course I don't have all my best tools
but I got decent tools but uh I
shouldn't say decent professional Harbor
Freight that's a joke but you know what
it was like 20 bucks um I'm not
complaining it was cheap it's a freebie
practically but uh I would highly
recommend cutting sheet metal with an
angle grinder I do this all day long in
my shop this is the fastest possible way
to cut it you could owes you saws on I'm
going to show you guys how to use the
sawzall my trick but you could plunge
cut with these you could do basic edging
I mean you could do all kinds of stuff
with a four and a half inch disc or even
just a fortune we always what I call but
again let's get to a guy's now type 304
stainless steel comes with a PVC plastic
this one's actually laser grade so it's
actually a high temp plus PVC plastic
let's say fantastic for friction wheel
because of course we're gonna create
heat we're gonna have a mess but Micra
parts mark them right
you could easily mark Ronda's PVC
plastic I mean stuff Mark's fantastic so
you don't have that okay painters tape
guys throw your painters tape on there
protect your area and what I've actually
done is pretty much replicate that PVC
plastic and covered a whole section off
and still you could draw your parts on
there of course get it
nice tight flat you don't want bubbles
or wrinkles in there because that's only
gonna bother us you up when you go to
mark but again that's a different that's
a different subject I'm marking in
layout but again painters tape protect
your part it'll protect it from
scratches and what do make it have an
accident and jump off and skit across
your piece so that's another thing of
protecting your parts
now I'm gonna do a punch cut right now
with my four and a half inch grinder
this thing will be shooting sparks a
little so it's just a nasty dusty thing
so
where your protection equipment I've got
my awesome Dewalt goggles on
these things just are wicked protects
pooch authorized and it sure keeps a
crap by the because these things are
just garbage like be careful where the
sparks this does run counterclockwise or
clockwise counterclockwise depends on
which way you're looking at it what
turns this way there you go alright now
when you're going to plunge obviously
this thing is pulling one way or pushing
the other way so I always like to wear
if I'm cutting
I have missing bites I want to pull away
from me full of which way this thing is
biting if you're in this case sparks
will be shooting toward me but you know
what I'd rather the sparks shoot toward
me rather than this thing bite and shoot
into my belly or god forbid hit you in
the crotch so guys be careful now what
I'm gonna do is also instead of starting
down here and work on my way back I want
to see that I'm gonna start down at the
bottom and push forward allowing this
team to kind of walk its way and pull
away from me again careful and be
mindful of your sparks
did I mention how much I hate using
these yet all right ask me why do I hate
him so much if I just said it's a
quickest thing to do I hate them because
they throw they're made out of
fiberglass and abrasive so this stuff is
just some nasty stuff as its destroying
itself wearing stuff down that's
throwing fiberglass stuff it's throwing
abrasive powder everywhere I'm a just
it's just nasty crap and if you're hot
and sweaty this is the last thing you
don't want to have covered be covered in
again and you don't want to breathe this
stuff so guys please be careful please
have ventilation right now I have a fan
on me
blowing fresh air to me and blowing all
this stuff away from me so again be
careful and be very very careful safety
now I'm a fan of sawzalls it's not
because a quick but because their God
they don't you freaking sparks at me now
my technique for being will do plunging
the sheet metal but a sawzall is to
drill a series of holes
now hit a series of holes you then will
be able to come in and obviously at a
tip angle and start plunging into this
I'm gonna do right here is I got myself
a very fine blade this is I want to say
what is it 14 to 18 teeth per inch
depending just because it's a variable
tooth nail blade you want to go fine
but I'm actually gonna reverse this
thing in my Chuck so I could get at a
better plunge cut
hey shake it like crazy I'm going to
edit some of that out that way hit
shaking but I should be able to now run
a vertical cut run my sawzall vertical
but I don't want to run him necessarily
vertical I want to tip it at about a 45
degree angle
and that's again that's my trick guys if
you don't want to cut with a friction
wheel and use the sawzall for this
that's the only way you're gonna be do
it but you got to be careful and I would
highly recommend going with a quality
blade buy a good blade don't cheap out
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