How To Make A Small Sheet Metal Brake

Use clamps to hold the metal in place while cutting.

How to make a small sheet metal brake.

The unit as shown is approximately 82 tip to tip has a working surface he. Generally i ll stick the piece to be bent in the vise and smack it around until it s bent. Simple sheet metal brake. Cut the 1 1 2 metal bar.

For dimension and more informat. 1 4 inch 0 6 cm steel plate with bracing will enable. Select materials that will be strong enough for your needs. Since it almost always bends crooked i end up rebending and generally just.

Cutting the metal and wood. Place the two pieces of 2 4 boards onto a flat surface and clamp the two boards together. How to make your own sheet metal brake from wood step 1. I love working with metal but i ve always struggled to get perfect 90 bends.

Lay the 7 x42 piece on top of the 14 piece with the front edges. Align the metal to the guide and tighten the nuts down. Subscribe my channel for more new videos. Cut two 12 inch pieces out of one of the 2 x 4 s.

Twist a steel wire ø1 2mm around the pivot and place it at the gap on edge of bender. Fasten two of the 1 x 8 s to the top of the 2 x 4 rectangle by gluing and screwing them down. I hope you like this video. The axis of rotation center of bender to be inline to bending line.

How to make a simple metal brake step 1. Construct a box 15 inches wide by 8 feet long by gluing. In this video i show how to build a metal brake with a 72 inch working capacity. Don t over tighten the empty side.

Adjust and do a tack weld at side of pivot and the top corner of angle iron point 1. Loosen the nuts and slide your material into the break between the pieces of angle iron as shown in the second picture. The most important thing on a sheet metal brake is.