How To Make A Long Bend In Sheet Metal

As a result the wipe die also determines the bend s inner radius.

How to make a long bend in sheet metal.

To bend sheet metal in a vice start by marking a line on the metal where you want to bend it. How much more will depend on the guage type of sheet how well the bending jig is clamped on and the care used when making the bend. You need a sheet metal brake. If your sheet metal is long ask a friend to stabilize the part hanging out from the form blocks so it doesn t affect the bend.

Bend line shift bls the distance from the outside mold line to the original bend line on the flat pattern. Air bending one of the three types of bending for sheet metal where the outside mold line is not pressed against the die. You can make a bend without creasing the metal the way decribed earlier but the radius will be slightly larger than if done with a brake. It is important to make sure that the sheet is properly pushed onto the wipe die.

The slack between the wipe die and the punch plays an important role in getting a good result. This is used to calculate the back stop location when working off of a flat pattern. Hello friends today i make a sheet metal bending tool. Here s a good rule of thumb for most materials.

If you re bending 0 020 thick material use a 0 020 radius. Wipe bending or edge bending is another way to bend sheet metal edges. Simple sheet metal bender using a hand roller clamps and plywood. Monkeys spinning monkeys by kevin macleod.

The inside bend radius should be equal to the thickness of the material that you re forming. I hope you like this video. In other words if you re bending 1 8 sheet use a tool with a 1 8 radius to form the inside of the bend.