Best Way To Cut Diamond Plate

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Best way to cut diamond plate.

Jig saw very slow and just doesn t work very well regardless of what blade i use grinder with a cut of wheel is even worse. Jig saw or reciprocating saw. Obviously the circular saw is great for straight cuts. Anyways i have some sheets of aluminum diamond plate slightly used that i need to cut that are about 1 4 thick.

While aluminum diamond plate is very durable and easy to take care it s sometimes the best way to clean the material is to never let it get out of hand in the first place. When you do this you cut the amount of time it takes to clean and care for the material. This works amazing for things like diamond plate but i ve cut as thick as 4 aluminum had to cut it from both sides to get the blade deep enough and it worked just fine. Make sure the plywood is larger than the steel plate you will be cutting.

This will end up being used for a roof for our rat rod build. Set the steel plate on top of the plywood. Some of my cuts will be just to trim some off of the sides the whole way down the 4x8 sheet but other cuts will be angled so the piece looks like a rather large triangle shape. Cutting 3 16 aluminum tread plate with our milwaukee metal cutting circular saw.

Using a circular saw to cut 1 4 sheet. The fastest thing i have found so far is a skill saw with a wood. This is a handy trick for things that are too big for the band saw. I have been cutting up some aluminum diamond plate about 3 16 thick and have tried the following methods.

Best way to cut aluminum on a budget.