Aluminium Profile/Extrusion Easy To Cut !

[Lee Roberts]

I recently cut some aluminium profile/extrusion.

I used a Chop/Mitre Saw to cut it, the thing is you can use a Wood Blade to cut Aluminium, you will need to make sure the blade has TCT teeth on it however.

Below you can view pics of the first test cut I did, this was using a 24T TCT Wood Blade.





As you can see while the end of the profile was flat and fitted OK against a plate of aluminium it wasn’t the best finish in the world.

This was due to the small amount of teeth on the blade (24), the more teeth a blade has, the better the finish will be...



So up next are the results using a 60T blade designed for cutting aluminium!



That's better, ok so it’s not a “glass” flat finish but it’s more than good enough for most people I would have thought?





The profile I cut was 80x80mm profile and I really can’t tell you how easy this stuff was to cut, my saw didn’t even cough. You will need to match your saw to the right blade; my saw takes a blade with a 30mm bore and a max diameter of 210mm; however the closest blade I could get to those specifications was a 216mm blade with a 30mm bore.

You can also get reduction rings/washers allowing you to use a blade with a smaller bore, you will need to look into this yourself.

Another option would be to use a grinding cutting disk, again you will need to match the blade sizes to your saw, I don’t really like to use a grinding disk because of the heat and so on....the choice is yours.

So now you can be confident that you can cut this stuff should you need to, remember to square up your new blade once it’s fitted to your saw and defiantly clamp up the aluminium profile before you start cutting it.

As a side note, the 60T Blade i used was from ebay @ £24.99 inc p&p, yes thats right inc p&p :clap:

Regards,
Lee