Diy Sheet Metal Radius Brake

In this video i ll show you how i made a simple jig that allows me to easily bend plate steel and sheet met.

Diy sheet metal radius brake. Also i wanted to be able to do some bends with bigger radius witho. 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. All you need to do is drill 3 8 holes on the 2 side of the smaller wood board.

This is my bending brake i made it from 4mm thick 40 x 40mm l profile6 and 12mm steel bars and 3 4 and 6 mm thick flat bars i wanted to get brake that could bend 2 3mm thick steel. I love working with metal but i ve always struggled to get perfect 90 bends. Simple sheet metal brake. Adjust and do a tack weld at side of pivot and the top corner of angle iron point 1.

I love building tools. Twist a steel wire ø1 2mm around the pivot and place it at the gap on edge of bender. Since it almost always bends crooked i end up rebending and generally just. Stress and cracking of material is minimized due to the unique design of the apron which.

Sheet metal bending brake with radius adjustment. Subscribe my channel for more new videos. The most important thing on a sheet metal brake is. With only 1 piece of angle iron 1 piece of wood and some hardware i made a sheet metal brake that can make perfect bends as well as make radius bends wit.

I hope you like this video. Generally i ll stick the piece to be bent in the vise and smack it around until it s bent. Use a 3 8 wood drill bit to drill two holes 1 1 2 deep. You want these handles about the distance of your metal pieces no more than your shoulder width and about 1 1 2 deep.

For dimension and more informat. I needed better i saw a how to on making a metal brake and wanted to make a few modifications. Build a sheet metal brake. This sheet metal radius brake is the perfect solution for forming radius bends in mild steel and aluminum.