How To Make A Small Sheet Metal Brake

Hello friends today i make a sheet metal bending tool.

How to make a small sheet metal brake. 1 4 inch 0 6 cm steel plate with bracing will enable. Loosen the nuts and slide your material into the break between the pieces of angle iron as shown in the second picture. For dimension and more informat. Simple sheet metal brake.

Lay the 7 x42 piece on top of the 14 piece with the front edges. In this video i show how to build a metal brake with a 72 inch working capacity. Construct a box 15 inches wide by 8 feet long by gluing. Twist a steel wire ø1 2mm around the pivot and place it at the gap on edge of bender.

The most important thing on a sheet metal brake is. Subscribe my channel for more new videos. I hope you like this video. Use clamps to hold the metal in place while cutting.

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 should sit flat on the piece you are going to bend. The unit as shown is approximately 82 tip to tip has a working surface he. I love working with metal but i ve always struggled to get perfect 90 bends.

How to make a simple metal brake step 1. Cutting the metal and wood. Cut two 12 inch pieces out of one of the 2 x 4 s. Place the two pieces of 2 4 boards onto a flat surface and clamp the two boards together.

Adjust and do a tack weld at side of pivot and the top corner of angle iron point 1. Since it almost always bends crooked i end up rebending and generally just. Cut the angle iron and steel plate in sizes listed above making sure edges are square and straight. Align the metal to the guide and tighten the nuts down.

Cut the 1 1 2 metal bar. The axis of rotation center of bender to be inline to bending line. Select materials that will be strong enough for your needs.