How To Make Louvers In Sheet Metal

Create two revolved bosses to round out the louver.

How to make louvers in sheet metal.

The finishing block minimizes any tool marks and makes the louvers consistent. Use light taps and work the metal into the die evenly. The punch is quite an interesting piece a tool made just for this purpose. When formed the metal is slit across the length of the louver and forced up into the die.

Tell us about your issue and find the best support option. Homemade louver press macromachines shows you how he made a very simple louver press for punching louvers in 1 16 aluminum. This forms a raised window in the part which is protected on three sides and open on the fourth. Get answers fast from product experts in the forums.

Use the forming tool tool to convert the louver into a forming tool. In this tutorial video i will show you how to make custom forming tool louvers in solidworks with the help of sketch feature tools. Give it a few real good wallops. Attachments louver ipt 0 17 mb louver ide 0.

You can later use the punch tool in another model. Add a fillet around the bottom edge of the louver. Please subscribe our c. This is the simplest way to make one of these presses and it works really well even on large panels.

He can create fantastic louvered panels with basically a ruler a pencil a cutoff wheel and a custom made louver punch. To make a louver you have to be carefully with using sketch planes. Video shows the creation of parametric punch tool for sheet metal louver. Drive the finishing block into the formed louver.

You can take your frustrations out on the finishing block. The sides of the feature will not be slit. Sketch and extrude the louver profile. In this video lesson i will create a sheet metal punch file.

Use an extruded cut to remove the base so that only the louver remains.