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Best tool for cutting metal landscape edging?

Posted on 9/20/22 at 9:58 am
Posted by BatonRougeBuckeye
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Aug 2013
1783 posts
Posted on 9/20/22 at 9:58 am
I’m installing metal edging around some flower beds and walkways. It only comes in 4’ and 8’ lengths. What is the best tool for cutting this stuff?
Posted by mrservon
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2007
438 posts
Posted on 9/20/22 at 9:59 am to
Go get a cheap angle grinder from Harbor Freight.

Posted by YOURADHERE
Member since Dec 2006
8026 posts
Posted on 9/20/22 at 10:09 am to
I just used an angle grinder with a cutting wheel when I did ours, it cuts it just fine.
Posted by Zappas Stache
Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
Member since Apr 2009
38649 posts
Posted on 9/20/22 at 10:19 am to
Angle grinder and make sure you paint the cut edges so they don't rust.
Posted by Lutcher Lad
South of the Mason-Dixon Line
Member since Sep 2009
5709 posts
Posted on 9/20/22 at 10:23 am to
I'm thinking the metal edging is thin...like 1/8 inch, so it can be cut easily with a tin snips.
Posted by GCTigahs
Member since Oct 2014
2027 posts
Posted on 9/20/22 at 10:34 am to
Snips or bolt cutter. Did the same thing this summer. If you snip the top and bottom edge where you want to cut it, then just bend it back and forth until is breaks. Hit any burrs with a file or grinder if desired and maybe spray the edge with a little matching paint.
Posted by lsuCJ5
Holly Springs, NC
Member since Nov 2012
959 posts
Posted on 9/20/22 at 12:04 pm to
angle grinder. you will wonder how you survived without one.
Posted by good_2_geaux
Member since Feb 2015
740 posts
Posted on 9/20/22 at 1:07 pm to
I hate dealing with that stuff.

Pretty sure I sprained my wrist taking the two metal spikes off that are tack welded on the ends of each piece.

If I had to pick the best tool out there to cut the edging, it would be this RIDGID SubCompact Saw. I used a drimmel which took forever but worked.
This post was edited on 9/20/22 at 1:09 pm
Posted by CarRamrod
Spurbury, VT
Member since Dec 2006
57426 posts
Posted on 9/20/22 at 1:17 pm to
angle grinder as everyone else said or a metal bit on a jigsaw, if you have one of those. hell a new hacksaw blade would be plenty of you only need to cut a couple.
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
38636 posts
Posted on 9/20/22 at 1:27 pm to
put a carbide blade on your chop saw if you have one. much cheaper (and easier) than buying a grinder
Posted by gerald65
Moss Bluff, LA
Member since Jul 2020
710 posts
Posted on 9/21/22 at 11:34 pm to
A hacksaw with a fine blade would cut that metal. Or... if it is fairly thin, "score" the metal with a box cutter knife and then bend it back and forth to break it off.
Posted by Obtuse1
Westside Bodymore Yo
Member since Sep 2016
25548 posts
Posted on 9/22/22 at 1:22 am to
quote:

put a carbide blade on your chop saw if you have one. much cheaper (and easier) than buying a grinder


If you are using a tungsten carbide blade it really should be one for ferrous metal or a multi-saw blade. You want flat top triple chip grind teeth with no rake, most wood blades with a TCG will have a 10-degree or higher rake. If the wood blade you have has an alternate top bevel grind depending on the grade of WC used it will either crack off all the side bevels or dull the shite out of them in a couple of seconds.

If you have a miter saw with enough capacity (you can use a slider but I would lock it and not use the slider) you can just get an abrasive cut-off wheel for $6 or so for a 10" saw just make sure the wheel is rated for the rpm your saw runs and PLEASE were eye protection. I have cut a lot of angle and tube steel with an old Craftsman 10" miter saw and an abrasive blade.
Posted by jdavid1
Member since Jan 2014
2465 posts
Posted on 9/22/22 at 3:53 pm to
I used a bandsaw and it worked great.
Posted by magicman534
The dirty dell
Member since May 2011
1563 posts
Posted on 9/22/22 at 4:21 pm to
I can tell you what not to cut it with bc I didn’t have an angle grinder at the time.

Oscillating saw
Reciprocating saw
Tin snips
Teeth

As others have said, cheap angle grinder from HF.
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