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The Right Cutting Tool
You can cut the pipe with several tools, including a hacksaw, a circular saw or a pipe cutter. A hacksaw is all muscle driven and usually not the choice tool to cut a pipe. Aluminum pipe, however, is weaker than other metals, which makes a hacksaw usable.
Herein, what is the best way to cut aluminum?
Steps
- Use a wood-cutting saw with carbide-tipped blades to cut most aluminum.
- Apply cutting lubricants on your blades or bits.
- Reduce the diameter of the cutting blade for better results.
- Use a C-clamp to secure your aluminum piece(s).
- Feed the aluminum through the blade, or the blade through the aluminum.
- Chisel and Hammer. Cutting aluminum sheet metal with a hammer and chisel is relatively straight forward, line up the edge of the chisel along the line you wish to cut and strike the chisel with a hammer.
- Snips.
- Hacksaw.
- Hand Shear.
- Straight Bench Shears.
- Beverly Throatless Shears.
- Band Saw.
- Stationary Nibbler.
Subsequently, question is, can you cut aluminum with a cut off wheel?
Yeah, they do. They're the ones intended to cut masonry. Silicon carbide instead of aluminum oxide. I use an electric die grinder with 3" abrasive cut off wheel - same as used with air cut offs - for Al cuts that need a small kerf.
Plasma cutting can be performed on any type of conductive metal - mild steel, aluminum and stainless are some examples. Plasma cutting, however, does not rely on oxidation to work, and thus it can cut aluminum, stainless and any other conductive material.