Best Way To Cut Metal Roofing, Siding and Sheeting!?

Are you looking for the best way to easily cut metal sheeting, metal roofing or metal siding? Look no further! In this video, we'll show you the best way to cut metal sheeting, roofing or siding using a variety of tools to choose from depending on your project! Whether its a cutting metal sheeting for your metal building, barn, shop, loafing shed or anything else with metal sheeting, metal roofing or metal siding we got you covered!

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[kennethharriger]

A carpenter showed me how to cut steel siding by taking a circular crosscut blade (the blade with the 1/8 inch teeth) and putting it in your circular saw Backwards...Makes a real nice cut .

[marcellemay]

I've tried all of those methods and by far the skill saw with a metal blade is the quickest, most accurate, and least fatiguing way to do it for straight cuts. A side grinder with a good cutoff wheel is my second go to and the drill powered shears are the third in order of personal preference and operator comfort. The shears are nice for circle cuts and complex cuts but they are tiring to use over time on straight cuts.

[IceAgeSquirrel]

Thank you for this informational video. I love it when I prepare myself for a half day of research and then find all my answers in the first YouTube video I find and a video that is 8 minutes and 34 seconds long. I am grateful!

[cluebin]

A friend of mine works at a roofing company and they only allow using sheer type tools for cutting roof metal, the reason being that it swages the galvanized layer over the cut so that there is less steel exposed to the weather and thus less of a future rust problem. Personally I use the circular saw and just make sure the cut edge is hidden and the factory edge is the one exposed to weather. There is usually always one edge hidden under break molding or the ridge cap, so you just plan your cuts so that the cut edge is out of the weather. The drill powered cutter here is called a nibbler. I've seen pneumatic nibblers but never a drill powered one, so that was great to learn about.

[awtistiaeth]

The trouble with using an angle grinder to cut galvanised sheeting is that due to the heat generated while cutting, you ruin the galvanisation for about 3/4 of an inch up from the cut and the sheet will rust if you don't cover straight away. You don't notice the damage until a few months after you cut, but it is definitely an issue to consider. Cheers! A very useful video. .

[dillon]

I watched a you tube video years ago of a man in Australia cutting steel siding. He cut a slit about an inch deep into the side of the sheet and then used only his hands to rip it into! It came out square ! I had to try it, and it worked every time.I EVEN LET MY GRANDDAUGHTER DO IT. tRY IT YOURSELF, YOU'LL BE AMAZED.

[Moonshinedave]

Thanks for the video. A couple years ago, I had eight sixteen sections of metal roof replaced due to storm damage, I kept the replaced sections as most were in good shape, I have used them on a couple smaller outbuildings. I used a grinder with a cutoff disc. But, I can see if a person has a lot of cutting to do an investment in a metal skill saw blade would be worth it.

[rmac]

Thanks for the video. What does the least damage to the paint?

[norain]

i made a jig and use a skill saw with a fine tool blade makes a beautiful smooth cut and its fast .learned that from a old master carpenter . but thanks for the video i also use actual air sheet metal nippers and good ole tin snips for wierd cuts .

[micahthompson]

I own all these ad agree the circular saw is best for this type metal. I just bought a special 2 blade saw yesterday and looking forward to checking it out.

[ronsnow]

This was a great video, I not gonna lie.

[surgeproable]

As far as I have been instructed, by using a scissor type of cutter, you will be re-sealing the cut edge. This helps prevent rusting. Speed maybe important to you, but long a lasting finish is more important to me. So the shear that attaches to the drill is the Cheaper, smaller, and best tool you demonstrated!

[PaulMeyer-vt]

Howdyyawl from the land down under. I'm a construction worker by trade, the best tool would be the shears. The little blue tool is called a nibler, as it nibles😂. Over all, pretty good test. Keeping it real😊

[TamSweetT]

We use skill saws with diamond incrusted edge on blade that is made for cutting tile work great never had any problems using them been using them for 15 plus years you can get them that are made for your grinder and they last for years

[danielfurr]

Where do i get a "metal" skill saw blade? Is it carbide tipped? Name brand?

[deanduchene]

I score the steel with a utility knife and flip it over and bend and snap it. 38 years experience doing that. Just did it to 23’ steel roof the other day.
Cross cutting I use a large tin snip or nibbler

[jamesSin]

Try a Wachtel sheet metal cut. Found it on R.R Building that thing is fast and accurate

[hilohaw]

One factor to consider, as detailed by another YouTube roofing expert whose name I've forgotten, is that using a grinder with a steel cutoff wheel heats the metal up significantly, damaging the protective primer and paint a couple of inches up the panel, causing it to rust in that area after a couple of years.

[jackcampbell]

Its a circular saw. Skil is a brand name. The last tool is called a nibbler

[flick]

I've tried them all. The negatives you stated with the circular saw is because you used the wrong saw. Circular metal cutting blades need to turn slower than the speed of a wood cutting one. Evolution, whose blade you used, makes a relatively inexpensive saw for just this purpose. Other companies including Milwaukee make them at significantly higher prices. The major advantages I see with using them is that it is much easier to hold a steady line. Sandwich the metal between two boards held in place with clamps and use them as a guide. Beautiful angle cuts are a breeze. Best of all, in my opinion, is that you can stack multiple sheets of metal and the cut will still be straight and much much faster. Another advantage over say a cutoff wheel is that you don't heat the metal and the paint along the cut does not blister allowing rust to start.