I Got Cut On Hand From Gutter

Buy a box miter and cut the back and bottom off of a short piece of ogee gutter what ever size you re going to be working with.

I got cut on hand from gutter.

Use a carpenter s square to get around to the bottom. Repeat the process for additional cuts. Let go of the trigger when through and then pull the saw back up to its starting position. Clean and mark the gutter to make your cut for the outlet.

Cut a two inch long notch in the front lip of the gutter with tin snips to join a rain gutter section with an inside or outside corner piece. Out and started to clean the gutters out and got a pretty good electric shock. The gutter was full of broken pieces of shingles so i got the shop vac. Cut along the pencil cut line with a pair of aviation snips.

Grab one side of the gutter and lower the saw slowly to the gutter. Cut a four inch long notch to overlap and splice together gutter sections. I cut the edge of the metal roof to expose the gutter. Plug in the saw and squeeze the trigger button.

Laying your gutter on the workbench measure off the amount of gutter you want to cut and mark it with a pencil. I had originally planned to use a jigsaw but there wasn t room to maneuver it so i used a hand. How to cut a custom gutter miter. It is an old house with a tin roof on top of a shingled roof.

Then with the combination square transfer the line down each side of the aluminum gutter. If the section of the gutter you are discarding is on your left use the right hand tin snips and vice versa if the discarded section is on right. Cut all the way through at a consistent speed. Use the old adage measure twice and cut once then turn the gutter upside down on the table and mark it all the way around.

If you have difficulty cutting with the tin snips make another cut 1 to 2 inches away from the cut line with the alternate hand snip. The cut edges are likely to be jagged enough to open up an unappealing gash in your hand so you may want to don a pair of gloves.