Homemade Sheet Metal Brake 2x4

I love working with metal but i ve always struggled to get perfect 90 bends.

Homemade sheet metal brake 2x4.

Simple sheet metal brake. Truck wheel installation and removal dolly gif by suther51 on 2020 09 13 20 24 57. With this one you will be able to make multiple simple bends in sheet metal or aluminum. Mount the brake on saw horse or your workbench with a few inches hanging over to allow the brake and slide a piece of sheet metal between the 7 and 14 plate snug the bolts down to clamp it and pull the pipe handle towards you to bend the metal.

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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. Cool useful idea by orioncons36 on 2020 09 13 20 05 34. Since it almost always bends crooked i end up rebending and generally just. Hello friends today i make a sheet metal bending tool.

It s ugly not very precise and not strong at all. The sheet metal on demonstration at part3 video is 0 90mm regular galvanized steel the bending is 5mm from the edges and i think that is a very good bending. For dimension and more informat. Professional speed shooter jerry miculek gif by suther51 on 2020 09 13 20 21 17.

Eventually i will add fingers so that i can make complete 4 sided boxes. The max useful capacity of this sheetmetal brake is 805mm at both versions. The sheet metal is slid between the upper and lower pieces of angle iron and the nuts at the bottom of the work bench tightend. My sample fold was done for example and the nuts were not even tightend.

I love building tools. The bottom piece is screwed with wood lag bolts to the bottom 2x4 of my work bench. Professional siding crews and heating ventilating air conditioning hvac technicians may work with metal brakes on a daily basis and can justify purchasing a metal brake as a legitimate cost of doing business. I hope you like this video.

Subscribe my channel for more new videos. My file and cad links are now at. A brake is an essential tool for working with sheet metal. This helps make it stronger.

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