Press the dremel blade against the sheet metal.
Cut sheet metal with diamond blade.
Diamond extreme all purpose heavy duty 4 1 2 inch 4 5 x 100 x 7 8 5 8 metal cutting diamond blade for rebar ductile pipe angle iron steel plating and similar materials.
We recommend using a diamond blade that s labeled as a ferrous metal cutting blade but many tradespeople use a regular masonry diamond blade with good results.
A diamond blade is actually just a round steel core whose edge is coated with tiny diamond particles with a soft metal glue of sorts to hold them together.
Hold the side of the metal sheet and put your snips around the edge.
Use your nondominant hand to hold the side of the metal.
Metal lath and hardware cloth can be cut with a tin snips but there s an easier way.
Hold the blade down on the sheet metal s surface at the edge of the intended cut.
This will not only brace it to keep it in place but you ll be able to pull it up as you cut.
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Hold the snips loose in your hand and place the two blades around the edge that you d like to cut.
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Mount a diamond blade in your angle grinder and use it like a saw to cut the mesh.
While a normal sheet of aluminum can be easily cut with the help of a table saw and blade cutting aluminum diamond plate is relatively intricate because of the pattern.
It is also used for the steps and floor beds of trucks buses trailers and so forth.