Cutting Holes In Stainless Steel Sheet

When drilling or punching a hole in sheet metal you more or less cut out the entire hole at once.

Cutting holes in stainless steel sheet.

So we can call it an all metal hole cutting saw. Wear a pair of gloves to protect your hands from small fragments of metal and sparks. When cutting out a circle one or sometimes two cutting tools are rotated about a center point to. You can even put a support board beneath it to avoid teardowns.

Mark your hole center at first. Cutting with a hole cutter. Keep kids out of your working area. Wear eye protection like certified goggles to protect your eyes from flying sparks and particles.

Please help support my effort. After that they have to be sharpened. Use a center punch on the hole center to create dimples in the area. After starting out with a bi metal bit and not having much success steve l.

With all these capacities it can work pretty fine in stainless steel mild steel iron alloy plate aluminum plate brass and copper. Make sure you get a tube cutter designed specifically for stainless steel. Secure the steel sheet with clamps. Some stainless steel tube cutters can cut through thicker tubes than others so know the measurement of your tube before you buy one.

A stainless steel tube cutter is a handheld device that clamps around a tube of stainless steel and cuts it with a small rotating wheel. Also it is recommended that you wear safety shoes that have. Steve parente shows how to easily drill large holes in stainless with a step bit. Out of the package their only good for about 15 20 holes when drilling through 6 8mm thick stainless steel that s using cutting lube too.

In every situation cut a hole on a stainless steel sink is not easy. In case the workpiece is made of wood it can go for a 7 9 inches hole anyway. Steel hardens with heat. You have to follow the same way and the process to make holes.

In this first quick tips video i show you how easy it is to drill and cut stainless steel when you have the right magic potion. And in each of these metals the range of hole depth is inches. Put some cutting lubricant in the center.