Cutting Aluminum Carpet Trim

Thick using a ferrous metal cutting blade.

Cutting aluminum carpet trim.

4 sand the edges of the transition strip to remove any sharp edges or burrs. You can cut mild steel up to about 3 8 in. Hot metal chips will fly. In our test it cut through rebar like a hot knife through butter.

If you only have a few pieces of aluminum trim to cut you can cut through the trim with an inexpensive handsaw. Transition strips come in various sizes and materials with one of those materials being metal. Cut the transition strip using a hacksaw or a multipurpose tool equipped with a hardwood sheet metal cutting accessory. Use the straightedge as a guide.

Cut the aluminum transition bar to fit across the length of the doorway with a hacksaw. All types of aluminum trim are readily cut with standard saws although certain types of power saws will require carbide blades. Transition strips are used between rooms on the interior of a house. Cut metal with your circular saw.

Unlike cutting other types of metal use a saw blade that. It may not be an obvious choice but fitted with the right blade a circular saw is a great metal cutting tool.