Hinge Sheet Metal Brake

The adjustable press plate lets you make sharp or round bends up to 120.

Hinge sheet metal brake.

In this video i show how to build a metal brake with a 72 inch working capacity. The first hit is an acute form. Trim cutter model 3017 and unistand model usa1. Remove the hinge pin and attach the other side of the hinge to the bottom plate making sure the hinge is facing the right direction.

The edge of the sheet metal includes either a hem or safety edge or a hinge. Van mark s tm10 portable siding brake is used to bend aluminum trim coil 3003 h14 light galvanized steel and copper for residential siding roofing window and gutter installation. Comes with a sturdy wide base stand that is pre drilled for bolting to your shop floor. Find the working length and gauge capacity that best fits your needs.

However with a press brake a hinge shape can be put into a piece of sheet metal in seconds. Participation and delivery area vary by store. Free delivery offer excludes same day delivery. Attach the hinge to the bend plate with stainless steel a5 pop rivets using a 60mm spacing between rivets.

The press brake can exert dozens of tons of force easily reshaping the metal. Make smooth precise bends in sheet metal up to 36 in. The tools that i used are a bandsaw drill press angle grinder and tig welder. The unit as shown is approximately 82 tip to tip has a working surface he.

The form is typically produced in multiple hits. The subsequent hit s form the hem or the hinge using the secondary working surface of the tool. The tm10 is lightweight and portable and very easy to operate and maintain. The top of the hinge should be just level with the top surface of the bending plate.

Here you ll see a wide selection of sheet metal brakes for bending steel aluminum or stainless sheet metal and various other flat materials box and pan brakes or finger brakes have removable fingers to allow complex bending not attainable with straight brakes. Material thickness up to 0 118 3 00mm. Trying to bend a piece of metal by hand even something lightweight like aluminum is incredibly difficult and time consuming. I found that the metal brakes tend to flex when using normal door hinges and at the bottom bar.