Diy Sheet Metal Radius Brake

Hello friends today i make a sheet metal bending tool.

Diy sheet metal radius brake.

Generally i ll stick the piece to be bent in the vise and smack it around until it s bent. Is it a metal press. There s been more than a few times i ve needed to bend metal and i ve resorted to clamping 2x4s together and using a hammer. All you need to do is drill 3 8 holes on the 2 side of the smaller wood board.

Twist a steel wire ø1 2mm around the pivot and place it at the gap on edge of bender. Sheet metal bending brake with radius adjustment. With only 1 piece of angle iron 1 piece of wood and some hardware i made a sheet metal brake that can make perfect bends as well as make radius bends wit. Use a 3 8 wood drill bit to drill two holes 1 1 2 deep.

Subscribe my channel for more new videos. The axis of rotation center of bender to be inline to bending line. The most important thing on a sheet metal brake is. This is my bending brake i made it from 4mm thick 40 x 40mm l profile6 and 12mm steel bars and 3 4 and 6 mm thick flat bars i wanted to get brake that could bend 2 3mm thick steel.

Stress and cracking of material is minimized due to the unique design of the apron which. I hope you like this video. Since it almost always bends crooked i end up rebending and generally just. I needed better i saw a how to on making a metal brake and wanted to make a few modifications.

I love building tools. In this video i ll show you how i made a simple jig that allows me to easily bend plate steel and sheet met. Then insert the rods into the holes. This sheet metal radius brake is the perfect solution for forming radius bends in mild steel and aluminum.

Also i wanted to be able to do some bends with bigger radius witho. For dimension and more informat. Build a sheet metal brake. I love working with metal but i ve always struggled to get perfect 90 bends.