Debur the ends to make them smooth.
How do you cut copper sheets.
You can use the same trick to cut metal studs.
You will have some extra sanding to do but snips work so much faster than saw and when you get good at it even faster.
20 gauge copper can be cut with heavy duty snips or sheet metal shears.
Cutting straight lines with an electric saw.
Begin cut with metal cutting sheer.
Put on a pair of work gloves before you wax the saw to protect your hands.
Preparing for the job step ii.
Then bend the sheet back and forth a few times to snap it.
Cut slowly and make straight lines in as continuous a motion as you can.
Snip the two sides.
The sheers handles are brought together to cut through the sheet.
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How to cut copper sheet like a pro step i.
Work gloves must be worn during the cutting process as the cutting edge of the copper is very sharp.
Do this for all of your cuts until you have freed your pattern from the copper sheet.
Once the copper sheet has been marked where it needs to be cut the sheers blades are positioned on each side of the sheet as would be regular scissors when cutting paper.
Snips work like scissors try to keep them straight perpendicular to the copper.
Proceed slowly and steadily in cutting taking care to try to complete individual lines of cut in one straight continuous action.
Cutting the copper sheet step iii.
Choose a saw with a tooth number of at least 24tip teeth per inch to ensure even cuts in the metal.
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While you can bend this copper with your hands to get a sharp 90 degree bend you must use a sheet metal brake.
Using a metal cutting sheer begin to make the cuts along your marks.
If you have to tilt them you will get a slight extra impression right next to your cut from the snip blade because it will drag along the copper.
