Homemade Sheet Metal Brake 2x4

A brake is an essential tool for working with sheet metal.

Homemade sheet metal brake 2x4.

It s ugly not very precise and not strong at all. Truck wheel installation and removal dolly gif by suther51 on 2020 09 13 20 24 57. The sheet metal on demonstration at part3 video is 0 90mm regular galvanized steel the bending is 5mm from the edges and i think that is a very good bending. 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.

This helps make it stronger. The sheet metal is slid between the upper and lower pieces of angle iron and the nuts at the bottom of the work bench tightend. It was made in a. 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. Biplane rips off landing gear on touchdown gif by altair on 2020 09 13 19 13 01. The bottom piece is screwed with wood lag bolts to the bottom 2x4 of my work bench. Professional speed shooter jerry miculek gif by suther51 on 2020 09 13 20 21 17.

Build a sheet metal brake. Simple sheet metal brake. The max useful capacity of this sheetmetal brake is 805mm at both versions. Generally i ll stick the piece to be bent in the vise and smack it around until it s bent.

For dimension and more informat. I hope you like this video. Since it almost always bends crooked i end up rebending and generally just. Cool useful idea by orioncons36 on 2020 09 13 20 05 34.

I love building tools. Diy sheet metal brake this is just a basic 30 metal brake made from scrap steel. My file and cad links are now at. Took the first step towards building my shop by frank s on 2020 09 13 20 18 41.

Eventually i will add fingers so that i can make complete 4 sided boxes. With this one you will be able to make multiple simple bends in sheet metal or aluminum. Subscribe my channel for more new videos. Mount the brake on saw horse or your workbench with a few inches hanging over to allow the brake and slide a piece of sheet metal between the 7 and 14 plate snug the bolts down to clamp it and pull the pipe handle towards you to bend the metal.

My sample fold was done for example and the nuts were not even tightend.