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In this video, I will show you how to cut steel. These 10 affordable metalworking tools can help you cut sheet metal, tubing, pipes, rods, plate & more! Let me know if you have any questions, in the comments below.
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00:00 Intro
00:15 Rotary tools overview: Dremel vs Foredom flex shaft
00:35 Which cutting discs should you buy for a rotary tool
1:52 Hacksaws & blades overview
3:02 Why I small hacksaws are also useful + tips
3:53 Super useful tip for cutting bolts w a hacksaw
4:14 Avoid these hacksaws at all cost!
4:31 Jigsaws
5:01 Two super useful quick jigsaw tips
5:29 Circular saws? WOW! Also me doing dumb experiments
7:58 Trying to use an angle grinder disc in my circular saw
8:58 Shearing, shears, and sharpening
9:40 BOLT CUTTERS WOOHOO
10:30 Making a surprisingly good chiseling tool
11:33 What I do when I don't have any tools
After wasting hundreds of hours cutting metal by hand over the past few years, in this video, I’ll you my top 10 alternatives for cutting steel without an angle grinder. The first tool is a flex shaft rotary tool. I also have a Dremel, but don't like it. Discs: I show abrasive discs, fiberglass reinforced abrasive discs, and diamond discs. Hacksaws are the best workshop tool for cutting metal. To cut steel, I use fine-toothed bi-metal saw blades. You can even get carbide blades for cutting hardened steel. I use blades with fewer teeth for cutting aluminum. Small hacksaws are also more practical for cutting through bolts. I don't like cutting metal with my jigsaw. I got an actual circular saw after cutting aluminum successfully. And it cut through everything I tried, probably 30 times faster than hacksawing. To try cutting steel, I raised the blade. Next up, I improvised a quick chopsaw with a door hinge to cut rebar. Later I tried cutting through a thick steel sheet. I made a video previously trying to use an angle grinder disc in a circular saw, and did it again, to cut this hardened stainless steel tube. Whenever possible, I cut metal with tin snips, because shearing is always faster than cutting with a saw. There’s no reason to have dull tin snips. Despite being called bolt cutters, possibly the only thing they can’t do it cut bolts, without ruining the threads. I wouldn’t call these a DIY tool. I never would’ve been able to imagine a simple woodworking chisel could cut steel, but it worked. I often find myself wanting to cut metal, but don’t have any tools.
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