Cutting Steel Door With Circular Saw

Wide strip of masking tape along the line to protect the door s finish from the circular saw s base plate.

Cutting steel door with circular saw.

A quality saw is key. Mark the cutting line on the top face and edges of the door and apply a 6 in. Measure the door. You can cut mild steel up to about 3 8 in.

X 30 teeth ferrous and 5 3 8 in. It may not be an obvious choice but fitted with the right blade a circular saw is a great metal cutting tool. Using a hammer drive a screwdriver up through the hinge to knock the pin out the top starting with the. With the angles marked use a circular saw with the blade depth set to the thickness of the door stop make a single cut through your marks pic 10.

When using a circular saw you need to be sure you re using the correct blade for the material you are cutting. You can then break off the tabs with a gentle tap with a hammer pic 11. Once the mark has been cut make successive cuts below the first cut. How to cut down metal residential doors.

To safely and efficiently cut through metal with a circular saw you ll need to operate at a maximum no load rpm of 5 000. X 50 teeth non ferrous metal cutting circular saw blade set 2 pack model 48 40 4070 48 40 4075 46. For a straighter cut measure out the circular saw base plate width from the cut line. Then pull out the hinge pins and lay the door on padded sawhorses.

Place the door flat on a pair of saw horses or other sturdy work surface. Thick using a ferrous metal cutting blade. See more in the website article. Not only will you need a different blade for cutting metal than you would for cutting wood but a metal cutting blade should not be used in the same saw as the type used for wood.

First mark the clearance needed on the door. Clamp down a straight edge with. Otherwise you may end up overheating the metal and cause serious harm to yourself and your power tools. Remove the door from its hinges.

Metal cutting blades are generally thicker than a normal blade and resemble a many toothed plywood cutting blade. In our test it cut through rebar like a hot knife through butter. Hot metal chips will fly everywhere.