Cutting Aluminum Carpet Trim

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Cutting aluminum carpet trim.

Unlike cutting other types of metal use a saw blade that. Cut metal with your circular saw. Trim the 1 4 inch edge of the carpet off with a utility knife. 4 sand the edges of the transition strip to remove any sharp edges or burrs.

It may not be an obvious choice but fitted with the right blade a circular saw is a great metal cutting tool. In our test it cut through rebar like a hot knife through butter. This d i y video use a schluter metal trim shows how to cut aluminum trim for an outside corner or how to cut trim 45 degree to install as a threshold on th. Hot metal chips will fly.

Transition strips come in various sizes and materials with one of those materials being metal. You can cut mild steel up to about 3 8 in. Cut the transition strip using a hacksaw or a multipurpose tool equipped with a hardwood sheet metal cutting accessory. Transition strips are used between rooms on the interior of a house.

Use the straightedge as a guide. All types of aluminum trim are readily cut with standard saws although certain types of power saws will require carbide blades.