Cutting Sheet Metal With Air Hammer

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Cutting sheet metal with air hammer.

Panel shaper bit kit by steck. This is not designed to be a panel cutter. Best air metal nibbler. Simply line up your chisel along the line you are going to cut and strike the back of it with a hammer.

The panel shaper is an air hammer driven set of three self lubricating nylon reinforced heads that allow the technician to easily access deep reach areas and badly deformed sheet metal surfaces to form. The air nibbler features a lightweight cast aluminum housing a polished finish a high speed steel cutter and a built in regulator for increased functionality. A soft wood backer will allow for the chisel to pass through more easily by providing support for the metal. It s many uses also includes cutting off rusty bolts and muffler clamps.

Do not force it to cut faster as that will overheat the tool and the metal. If electric powered nibblers won t work for your project you re going to want to consider using compressed air. If you ve hit it hard enough the chisel will cut the sheet metal if it s thin enough. It works on up to 17 gauge cold rolled steel and will easily cut through sheet metal without deforming the edges.

One of the pneumatic nibblers worth considering is the astro pneumatic 727. When you need to edge light sheet metal without stretch or distortion use this sheet metal trimmer and eliminate much of the touch up grinding that is necessary with other trimmers.