How To Shape Sheet Metal At Home

Metal shops have brakes mounted at different angles with automated braking arms however it is possible to bend sheet metal at home without the use of a brake.

How to shape sheet metal at home. You will use the protractor to gauge the brake as you bend the metal little by little. Monkeys spinning monkeys by kevin macleod. Tape the sheet metal and secure it in place. Mark your bend lines.

Simple sheet metal bender using a hand roller clamps and plywood. Cut it bend it shrink it and stretch it. Clamp or hold a straightedge or square along the cutting marks and score a line with the tip of a sharp utility knife blade. Follow along as i demonstrate how you can begin shaping metal with hand tools only.

And you can use the same technique anytime you need a straight cut on aluminum or other light gauge sheet metal even steel. Then bend the sheet back and forth a few times to snap it. Then use your bend allowance to draw your second bend line the intervening distance between your bend lines bend radius. Clamp the sheet metal against your desk to hold it in place while you work.

Now that you know your bend allowance take your protractor and draw a clear line with your marker across the point at which you will bend your sheet metal. After all there are only four things you can do to metal. How can you go about shaping metal with hand tools alone. With a combination of these manipulations you can create anything from flat sheet and you.