Cutting Aluminum Gutters With Miter Saw

Beginning where you marked cut all the way down to the bottom side with metal shears.

Cutting aluminum gutters with miter saw.

A hacksaw or coping saw also do the job just fine in a pinch. How to cut a custom gutter miter. Now let me walk. With as saw i can cut a miter in copper gutters so tight that i can butt them and solder them from the inside without tabbing and folding one side.

Cut aluminum with your miter saw making accurate cuts on aluminum rods tubes and angles is easy with a miter saw and a blade designed to cut nonferrous metal check the label. Miter saws are the most common tool used for cutting gutters especially metal and plastic gutters. If there s ten to do the saw comes out. Therefore i would rate this saw blade for cutting aluminum a 4 7 on a scale of 5.

Install a 12 inch blade with a carbide tipped finish on the miter saw. Unplug the miter saw if it is plugged into an electrical source. I used a non ferrous metal cutting blade that i go. If the motor housing on your saw is open and could collect metal chips tape a piece of cloth over the openings to protect the motor windings and bearings while you cut.

But if i m doing one miter i do it by hand. This is a quick video showing how i cut some aluminum angle strips with a dewalt dw713 compound miter saw. You can bend the gutter slightly to easily make the rest of the cut all the way around to the other side. This is an industry standard aluminum cutting circular saw blade which is not only good at cutting aluminum and other non ferrous materials but it also gives them a nice finish.

Your other option for cutting the downspout is to use a jigsaw outfitted with a metal cutting blade. When cutting gutter material on the miter saw turn the profile upside down so the cut enters the more stable underside of the gutter rather than the top edges. The process to change a saw blade differs depending on the brand and model of the saw so check your user s guide if you are unsure. I recommend this method if you have a jigsaw handy because it will result in the cleanest cut.

I m pretty adept with snips but i can do it a lot faster and cleaner with a saw. Or you can cut around to the bottom side stop flip the gutter over and continue cutting from the other side until you meet the other cut in the middle.