Hinge Sheet Metal Brake

In this video i show how to build a metal brake with a 72 inch working capacity.

Hinge sheet metal brake. Participation and delivery area vary by store. The tm10 is lightweight and portable and very easy to operate and maintain. The form is typically produced in multiple hits. Free delivery offer excludes same day delivery.

The adjustable press plate lets you make sharp or round bends up to 120. The unit as shown is approximately 82 tip to tip has a working surface he. The first hit is an acute form. Make smooth precise bends in sheet metal up to 36 in.

Material thickness up to 0 118 3 00mm. The edge of the sheet metal includes either a hem or safety edge or a hinge. The tools that i used are a bandsaw drill press angle grinder and tig welder. Ace rewards members are eligible to receive free delivery on orders of 50 or more.

Trim cutter model 3017 and unistand model usa1. I found that the metal brakes tend to flex when using normal door hinges and at the bottom bar. 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. However with a press brake a hinge shape can be put into a piece of sheet metal in seconds.

To prevent this i used a much more robust style of hinge thicker metal and i also boxed in the bottom bar to give it more strength. The top of the hinge should be just level with the top surface of the bending plate. Trying to bend a piece of metal by hand even something lightweight like aluminum is incredibly difficult and time consuming. 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.

Bends metal up to 36 in. The subsequent hit s form the hem or the hinge using the secondary working surface of the tool. 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.