Homemade Sheet Metal Finger Brake

Adjust and do a tack weld at side of pivot and the top corner of angle iron point 1.

Homemade sheet metal finger brake.

Generally i ll stick the piece to be bent in the vise and smack it around until it s bent. Fabricated from steel and hardware. This is a homemade finger press brake. Select materials that will be strong enough for your needs.

It will be powered by two 20 ton air operated bottle jacks. Next insert your sheet metal lining up the bend line with the edge of the top plate. The axis of rotation center of bender to be inline to bending line. Simple sheet metal brake.

I m sure some bright person out there will probably come up with a more elegant way to do this. I lifted the movable table and now have my first 90 bend. Lay the 7 x42 piece on top of the 14 piece with the front edges. Hinge was fabricated by welding the pivot pins to the movable section of the table.

Since it almost always bends crooked i end up rebending and generally just. Twist a steel wire ø1 2mm around the pivot and place it at the gap on edge of bender. I have clamped a square to the fixed table. To its left is my wide finger which is holding down a strip of sheet metal.

The most important thing on a sheet metal brake is. Blocks were welded to the fixed part of the table. Cut the angle iron and steel plate in sizes listed above making sure edges are square and straight. I will be used to make.

I built my 32in. The finger is back from the pivot line by the thickness of that stainless steel plate that you see all the way to the left. Homemade sheet metal finger brake constructed from scrap materials. Homemade sheetmetal brake designed to accommodate finger brakes.

Brake using the book called designing and building the sheet metal brake by david j gingery book cost 8 00 and worth ever cent i used scrap materal i had makes nice clean bends on 16 ga. 1 4 inch 0 6 cm steel plate with bracing will enable. Finger brakes are positioned accurately using clamps and shims for perfect bends. I love working with metal but i ve always struggled to get perfect 90 bends.

Its also a fun project and you know the out come is going to work no guessing involved. Time to try out the finger brake.