How To Make A Sheet Metal Brake

Need to bend sheet metal.

How to make a sheet metal brake.

It s really easy to build a simple diy metal brake. Lay the 7 x42 piece on top of the 14 piece with the front edges. Put the nipple pipes in between the two angle irons and carefully weld the nipple pipes onto the steel rod do this alternately to form the hinge. The unit as shown is approximately 82 tip to tip has a working surface he.

How to make your own sheet metal brake from wood step 1. I love working with metal but i ve always struggled to get perfect 90 bends. This setup is for larger pieces of metal sheet metal. Then place the 11 metal piece through the bolts add a washer and wing nut tighten into place.

Construct a box 15 inches wide by 8 feet long by gluing. Fasten two of the 1 x 8 s to the top of the 2 x 4 rectangle by gluing and screwing them down. For dimension and more informat. I cut my scrap steel angle.

The first step was cutting the components the 2x4 was cut to 48. Take care not to weld the pipes together. Cut the angle iron and steel plate in sizes listed above making sure edges are square and straight. The angle iron with a welded threaded nut and the undrilled angle iron.

The bending angle is what folds the metal. Need to bend sheet metal. Hello friends today i make a sheet metal bending tool. I hope you like this video.

In this video i show how to build a metal brake with a 72 inch working capacity. The axis of rotation center of bender to be inline to bending line. The most important thing on a sheet metal brake is. Simple sheet metal brake.

1 4 inch 0 6 cm steel plate with bracing will enable. Subscribe to my channel. To make a hinge for your sheet metal brake align the two angle irons. Cut two 12 inch pieces out of one of the 2 x 4 s.

Twist a steel wire ø1 2mm around the pivot and place it at the gap on edge of bender. I cut out 1 2 off each corner of the bending angle. Build a sheet metal brake step 1. Adjust and do a tack weld at side of pivot and the top corner of angle iron point 1.

Select materials that will be strong enough for your needs. Generally i ll stick the piece to be bent in the vise and smack it around until it s bent. Since it almost always bends crooked i end up rebending and generally just. After insert the carriage bolts into the holes and flip the brake back over.