How To Cut Metal Studs

How to Cut Metal Studs.

How to cut metal studs. Welcome to the channel. To cut multiple pieces at once use a miter saw with a metal cutting blade.

Common stud spacing for metal studs should be 12 16 or 24 inches on center. Use your carpenters square and the marker to draw a cut line across the surface of the stud. Set your saw to straight rather than oscillating if theres a choice.

Echo Kindle Fire TV Amazon Fresh Amazon Basics Prime Video. Use your measuring tape to measure the length of the stud youll be cutting then use a permanent marker and mark the spot on the stud where youll make the cut. Cut with a Saw Even though using the metal snips makes cutting the saw very easy it is a very slow process.

Choose a blade with 20 to 24 TPI teeth per inch for thin metal 10 to 18 TPI for medium-thickness metal and about 8 TPI for thick metal. Im curious what everyone is using for a saw to cut metal studs. MORE IMPORTANT INFORMATIONWant to cut steel too.

Here are a few tips for cutting metal with a recip saw. How to Cut Metal Framing Most home centers sell circular and chop saw blades designed for cutting studs but or experts prefes a quieter and less messy approach. The Easy Way To Cut Metal Studs Just by using circular sawThanks for watchingLike Comment and ShareSubscribe if you like I created this video with th.

Use factory punch-outs on CFS studs The wise course is to use factory engineered punch-outs in CFS studs rather than cut or notch studs in the field. Make cutting the studs with aviation snips easier by first scoring the studs with a utility knife on both sides and then bending the stud back and forth until it breaks apart. Locate metal studs with an ordinary stud finder and then locate the center of the stud.