Mark on your stainless steel sheet with a permanent marker or metal scribe where you want to make the cut.
Cutting stainless steel sheet.
Cutting stainless steel sheets 1 use a circular saw.
Thicker sheets will require power shears a circular saw or an angle grinder.
Use a center punch on the hole center to create dimples in the area.
For larger jobs mount an abrasive disc in an angle grinder.
Conventional abrasive wheels can more easily overheat stainless steel and won t cut it as efficiently.
Then drill the hole at 8 34 inches through one of the shorter dimensions about 1 inch from the end and centered.
If you re cutting through thin stainless sheets tin snips are your best option.
You can even put a support board beneath it to avoid teardowns.
Use an abrasive cutting wheel made for stainless steel.
For hacksaw cutting you need the vise and a piece of wood about 3x3x6 inches.
Secure the steel sheet with clamps.
Do not press down all the way on the snips as this will make a jagged edge.
First and foremost you will have to prepare your plasma cutter.
Watch out for overheating.
For really heavy duty steel a plasma cutter is your best option.
Make sure to connect the cutter to an air compressor and switch on the air.
A circular saw is a handheld power saw with a circular blade.
Small cuts in sheet steel or somewhat thicker material such as stainless steel tiles may be easiest to make with a grinder or a rotary tool.
Step 3 place the edge of the stainless steel all the way inside the jaws of the snips and cut along the line that you marked.
For small jobs like cutting stainless steel backsplash tiles a rotary tool fitted with an abrasive metal cutting disc works fine.
Put some cutting lubricant in the center.
The perfect item for cutting stainless steel cable.
The plasma cutter is best used for cutting through thick sheets of stainless steel.
