How To Make A Sheet Metal Brake

Simple sheet metal brake.

How to make a sheet metal brake.

I cut out 1 2 off each corner of the bending angle. I love working with metal but i ve always struggled to get perfect 90 bends. Construct a box 15 inches wide by 8 feet long by gluing. Then place the 11 metal piece through the bolts add a washer and wing nut tighten into place.

In this video i show how to build a metal brake with a 72 inch working capacity. Subscribe my channel for more new videos. The bending angle is what folds the metal. How to make your own sheet metal brake from wood step 1.

Twist a steel wire ø1 2mm around the pivot and place it at the gap on edge of bender. To make a hinge for your sheet metal brake align the two angle irons. This setup is for larger pieces of metal sheet metal. You will want to drill two more 5 16 holes that are closer to the middle.

The angle iron with a welded threaded nut and the undrilled angle iron. Take care not to weld the pipes together. Fasten two of the 1 x 8 s to the top of the 2 x 4 rectangle by gluing and screwing them down. Build a sheet metal brake step 1.

Cut two 12 inch pieces out of one of the 2 x 4 s. 1 4 inch 0 6 cm steel plate with bracing will enable. The first step was cutting the components the 2x4 was cut to 48. Select materials that will be strong enough for your needs.

It s really easy to build a simple diy metal brake. The unit as shown is approximately 82 tip to tip has a working surface he. For dimension and more informat. Need to bend sheet metal.

Generally i ll stick the piece to be bent in the vise and smack it around until it s bent. The most important thing on a sheet metal brake is. Subscribe to my channel. I hope you like this video.

Lay the 7 x42 piece on top of the 14 piece with the front edges. Hello friends today i make a sheet metal bending tool. The axis of rotation center of bender to be inline to bending line. I cut my scrap steel angle.

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. Adjust and do a tack weld at side of pivot and the top corner of angle iron point 1. Cut the angle iron and steel plate in sizes listed above making sure edges are square and straight. After insert the carriage bolts into the holes and flip the brake back over.