I Got Cut On Hand From Gutter

I ve got templates that i made years ago that i lay on the face of the ogee to mark the gutter with.

I got cut on hand from gutter.

Out and started to clean the gutters out and got a pretty good electric shock. Repeat the process for additional cuts. 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. 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.

Clean and mark the gutter to make your cut for the outlet. Cut all the way through at a consistent speed. Cut along the pencil cut line with a pair of aviation snips. I had originally planned to use a jigsaw but there wasn t room to maneuver it so i used a hand.

Then with the combination square transfer the line down each side of the aluminum gutter. Cut a four inch long notch to overlap and splice together gutter sections. Grab one side of the gutter and lower the saw slowly to the gutter. If i put my hand on it and hold it no shock but if i just touch it i get shocked only once but it happens every time i barely.

It is an old house with a tin roof on top of a shingled roof. Use a carpenter s square to get around to the bottom. Laying your gutter on the workbench measure off the amount of gutter you want to cut and mark it with a pencil. 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.

I cut the edge of the metal roof to expose the gutter. The gutter was full of broken pieces of shingles so i got the shop vac. Plug in the saw and squeeze the trigger button. 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.

How to cut a custom gutter miter. 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.