Homemade Sheet Metal Pan Brake

With the various width teeth they can be adjusted to fit the width of the bend needed within minutes with one wrench.

Homemade sheet metal pan brake.

Cut slots for hinges in angle. Drill holes in hold down angle. Cut slots in plate for hinges. It can accept up to four foot wide stock and bend 135 degrees.

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. Generally i ll stick the piece to be bent in the vise and smack it around until it s bent. Diy sheet metal brake. As long as we have collected all the needed materials.

Cut stuff to length. This bench top box pan brake can bend sheet metal into various shapes. A brake is an essential tool for working with sheet metal. It mounts to a workbench.

I love working with metal but i ve always struggled to get perfect 90 bends. Since it almost always bends crooked i end up rebending and generally just. 1 4 inch 0 6 cm steel plate with bracing will enable. Lay the 7 x42 piece on top of the 14 piece with the front edges.

Cut the angle iron and steel plate in sizes listed above making sure edges are square and straight. Pipe clamps 2 1 in. Pipes 2 pieces 1 ft long 4 x 4 1 piece 8 ft. Calculate the desirable full width of sheet metal brake.

Long build your own brake to simplify working with sheet metal. Diy sheet metal bender brake step 1. But you can use your welding table or bench a channel iron or a rectangular tube. I used the following items for this build.