Someone bringing up a 5 year old thread to post for the first time?
That looks too much like spam?
Will report just in case it is.
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My roofing hangs out over the edge, but it is very high up, and there is no risk of a horse contacting the edge there.[/QUOTE]
Me, too. All my metal roofs on run-in sheds hang over the edges in the front and back, but unless I buy a giraffe, I can’t imaging any of my animals ever coming in contact with it.
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Someone bringing up a 5 year old thread to post for the first time?
That looks too much like spam?
Will report just in case it is.[/QUOTE]
ha,ha, I need to look at the dates more often. Good catch.
I don’t think that I would call it spam more like “self promotion” considering dominic213 gave a roofing company’s name in Toronto. Is Toronto near the OP’s area? It is also dominic’s first post/comment.
I’ll add my 2 cents. If the panels are standard/rather thin gauge I was taught to just use a my hand circular saw take an old blade and “flip it” install it “backwards” set the panel on a piece of scrap wood set the depth just enough to cut through. Mark a line and cut it just like a piece of plywood. Makes it easy to cut a nice straight line fast. I’ve done the same without flipping the blade.
MAKE SURE to wear PROPER eye protection especially when cutting/grinding metal. It can and will “eject” tiny little shards that can easily end up embedded in one’s eye. Becoming painful and can be expensive to have removed.
Metal cutting wheels/blades can be had as others have pointed out. But I have found them to be “slow going” compared to the above.
Sawsall/reciprocating saws work OK but do have a bit of a “learning curve” to make a “clean, straight” cut. Cutting panels can be a PITA with one. Both sides of the “cut” need to be held firm other wise the panel may seriously “vibrate” depending on the thickness and make it very difficult to cut.
Hand grinder with a “cut-off wheel” works also. Easier to cut with than a Sawsall for the average DIY. But is pretty difficult to cut a straight line if needed.
IMO an inexpensive hand grinder is worth having in one’s farm shop. A cut-off wheel makes short work of cutting off rusty bolts/nuts, chain etc. Thicker wheels for “rounding off” bolts heads, nuts, various other things.
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Sawsall/reciprocating saws work OK but do have a bit of a “learning curve” to make a “clean, straight” cut. Cutting panels can be a PITA with one. Both sides of the “cut” need to be held firm other wise the panel may seriously “vibrate” depending on the thickness and make it very difficult to cut.
Hand grinder with a “cut-off wheel” works also. Easier to cut with than a Sawsall for the average DIY. But is pretty difficult to cut a straight line if needed.
IMO an inexpensive hand grinder is worth having in one’s farm shop. A cut-off wheel makes short work of cutting off rusty bolts/nuts, chain etc. Thicker wheels for “rounding off” bolts heads, nuts, various other things.[/QUOTE]
It might be an old thread, but it’s good timing for me. I accumulated a lot of power tools in these past two years – returned to my roots and bought a farmette. The sawzall is an awesome tool but I just cannot safely handle it when cutting metal. I trimmed some bolts recently and I made all of the usual mistakes – touched the burning hot end that dropped off with my fingers, wore a t-shirt and got spattered with burning slivers, and left some ugly work behind that needed hand filing to fix. At least I had on good glasses. But, i’m off to get a grinder because I never want to try that again!
left some ugly work behind that needed hand filing to fix
that’s what the painters are for 
repair by paint
We have also used to cut metal roofing panels one of the new little plasma cutters that runs on air.
Good cut, but it took a very steady hand to free cut with it.
The battery operated grinders/cutters are one of our best, most used tools.
Our new, small and light battery Milwaukee one is working extremely well.
The battery fits our same brand hammerdrill also.
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HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Every project requires at least three trips to the hardware store and a new power tool. 
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Wendy[/QUOTE]
A Like wasn’t enough. This deserves a quote. And a few more of these:
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Heads up that we deleted a spam post that bumped up this older thread. Thanks Bluey!
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