How To Make A Homemade Sheet Metal Brake

Hello friends today i make a sheet metal bending tool.

How to make a homemade sheet metal brake.

This will be used to form the smooth surface beneath the hold down clamp. 1 4 inch 0 6 cm steel plate with bracing will enable. For dimension and more informat. The 1 5 angle was cut in half to make two 2 pieces.

I used a file to create a flat spot in the hold down angle used a metal punch to create a start for the drill bit and drilled a hole for the carriage bolts. Subscribe my channel for more new videos. But you can use your welding table or bench a channel iron or a rectangular tube. Cut two 12 inch pieces out of one of the 2 x 4 s.

Put the nipple pipes in between the two angle irons and carefully weld the nipple pipes onto the steel rod do this alternately to form the hinge. As long as we have collected all the needed materials. Construct a box 15 inches wide by 8 feet long by gluing. Diy sheet metal bender brake step 1.

Fasten two of the 1 x 8 s to the top of the 2 x 4 rectangle by gluing and screwing them down. The angle iron with a welded threaded nut and the undrilled angle iron. I did a 1 8 hole first then the 5 16 hole. Calculate the desirable full width of sheet metal brake.

Take care not to weld the pipes together. It s really easy to build a simple diy metal brake. It s really easy to build a simple diy metal brake. The hold down clamps down the metal to be bent.

This will be used to make the bending plate as well as the hold down clamp. Need to bend sheet metal. Lay the 7 x42 piece on top of the 14 piece with the front edges. Subscribe to my channel.

I hope you like this video. Select materials that will be strong enough for your needs. Need to bend sheet metal. All of the metal and wood bits were first cut to length.

I then put the hold down in place and marked the hole for the carriage bolts on the hinges. The 2 plate was cut to 2 in length.