How To Cut Metal Framing Studs

BBQ Coach demonstrates how to safely and easily cut steel tracks and studs with a 14 chop saw.
How to cut metal framing studs. Actually if you want to create curves or archways with drywall boards you have to bend the metal tracks and then fit the steel studs in their channels. Cut a stud to fit with aviation snips or a chop saw or circular saw equipped with a metal-cutting blade. Cut the metal studs and tracks Cut both side flanges of a steel stud using straight-cut aviation snips.
For small jobs metal studs can be cut with ordinary aviation snips. In order to make the cuts we recommend you to use straight-cut thin snips. Measure the height between the tracks at one end of the wall.
Cutting metal studs with power tools requires hearing protection. The metal chop saw or cutoff saw is essential if youre going to frame with metal studs. Basic steel stud cutting tips and metal stud framing details Photo 1.
The best way to bend metal studs is to cut their flanges every 2-3 on both sides. For large jobs you can also cut the studs with a circular saw or chop saw using a special metal-cutting carborundum bladebe aware that this produces smoke noise and an impressive shower of sparks. Wiggle the stud between the.
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. If you need to get an entire building frame up then you need to do more and do it much quicker. 2 Join studs to tracks by clamping the two members tightly with C-clamp locking pliers.
They install studs as they come from the factory. This means you use fewer studs and get a stable joint. After bending the stud back and forth a few times youll end up with a burr-free cut.