Homemade Sheet Metal Brake Sheet Metal Bender

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Homemade sheet metal brake sheet metal bender.

Lay the 42 piece of 2 angle iron on top of the 7 wide top plate centering it between the two end angles in the center of the sheet with the angle up and weld it in place with at least one inch welds on each edge 8 inches 20 3 cm apart. But you can use your welding table or bench a channel iron or a rectangular tube. It s pretty big so you can sta. Diy sheet metal brake and bender comment on how to build a sheet metal brake and bender 1 comments daveward says.

Subscribe my channel for more new videos. This will stiffen the plate when a piece of metal is clamped in the brake. Generally i ll stick the piece to be bent in the vise and smack it around until it s bent. It works so well so i m surprised myself.

Calculate the desirable full width of sheet metal brake. For dimension and more informat. Use a 3 8 20 round tap to thread the holes. As long as we have collected all the needed materials.

It s really easy to build a simple diy metal brake. Hello friends today i make a sheet metal bending tool. Be sure and tap straight down and work tap back and forth to create nice threads. Simple sheet metal brake.

5 1 7 3 2 6 1 27720 3 drill 21 64 size holes in the bottom piece to be tapped 3 8 20 round threads. Since it almost always bends crooked i end up rebending and generally just. Need to bend sheet metal. I hope you like this video.

I love working with metal but i ve always struggled to get perfect 90 bends. It s really easy to build a simple diy metal brake. Diy sheet metal bender brake step 1. Subscribe to my channel.