Homemade Sheet Metal Brake Sheet Metal Bender

This will stiffen the plate when a piece of metal is clamped in the brake.

Homemade sheet metal brake sheet metal bender.

Lay the 42 piece of 2 angle iron on top of the 7 wide top plate centering it between the two end angles in the center of the sheet with the angle up and weld it in place with at least one inch welds on each edge 8 inches 20 3 cm apart. Be sure and tap straight down and work tap back and forth to create nice threads. It s really easy to build a simple diy metal brake. It works so well so i m surprised myself.

Need to bend sheet metal. Sheet metal when loading sheet metal in the brake to bend. Use a 3 8 20 round tap to thread the holes. Calculate the desirable full width of sheet metal brake.

Subscribe my channel for more new videos. It s pretty big so you can sta. Mar 07 2014 11 50 am. It s really easy to build a simple diy metal brake.

Subscribe to my channel. Simple sheet metal brake. I love working with metal but i ve always struggled to get perfect 90 bends. Diy sheet metal brake and bender comment on how to build a sheet metal brake and bender 1 comments daveward says.

Hello friends today i make a sheet metal bending tool. Diy sheet metal bender brake step 1. Need to bend sheet metal. I hope you like this video.

Generally i ll stick the piece to be bent in the vise and smack it around until it s bent. But you can use your welding table or bench a channel iron or a rectangular tube. As long as we have collected all the needed materials. I think this is one of the best tools i ve been doing for a long time on my channel.