Homemade Magnetic Sheet Metal Brake

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Homemade magnetic sheet metal brake.

Diy sheet metal folder magnetic manual bending machine universal bender. I love building tools. I love working with metal but i ve always struggled to get perfect 90 bends. I needed better i saw a how to on making a metal brake and wanted to make a few modifications.

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I hope you like this video. John harmon cold creek works 78 921 views. Cut slots for hinges in angle. Homemade sheet metal bending brake duration.

Adjust and do a tack weld at side of pivot and the top corner of angle iron point 1. Need to bend sheet metal. The most important thing on a sheet metal brake is. Since it almost always bends crooked i end up rebending and generally just.

It s really easy to build a simple diy metal brake. Cut stuff to length. I used the following items for this build. Cut slots in plate for hinges.

It s really easy to build a simple diy metal brake. Twist a steel wire ø1 2mm around the pivot and place it at the gap on edge of bender. Subscribe my channel for more new videos. Need to bend sheet metal.

The axis of rotation center of bender to be inline to bending line. There s been more than a few times i ve needed to bend metal and i ve resorted to clamping 2x4s together and using a hammer. Diy sheet metal brake. Home made sheet metal brake i have been looking for a small one and have not had any luck so keeping with the theme of space saving and my multipurpose fab table i built a quick one.

Generally i ll stick the piece to be bent in the vise and smack it around until it s bent.