How To Bend From Sheet Metal

You know the basic try model.

How to bend from sheet metal. If you re bending 0 020 thick material use a 0 020 radius. Subscribe my channel for more new videos. Set bend radius to 0 03in and k factor 0 5 and ok. Otherwise the sheet metal is almost certain to shift as you bend it resulting in a bad bend.

Next place the wood parallel and slightly behind the bending line. Your simple sheetmetal bend is ready. To clamp efficiently lay your sheet metal on the top surface of your straightedge with the drawn line perfectly aligned with the outside edge of the sheet metal. Then use your bend allowance to draw your second bend line the intervening distance between your bend lines bend radius.

To view this part in flatten form click sheetmetal flatten. Determine the angle at which you want to brake the metal and mark it on the protractor. You will use the protractor to gauge the brake as you bend the metal little by little. Now that you know your bend allowance take your protractor and draw a clear line with your marker across the point at which you will bend your sheet metal.

Using the edge of your workbench a length of wood two clamps and a mallet you can fashion a rudimentary bending brake. For dimension and more informat. The inside bend radius should be equal to the thickness of the material that you re forming. In other words if you re bending 1 8 sheet use a tool with a 1 8 radius to form the inside of the bend.

Clamping your sheet metal to the straightedge is a must. Hello friends today i make a sheet metal bending tool. Mark your bend lines. Here s a good rule of thumb for most materials.

Cut the section of metal out or otherwise prepare the metal to be bent by removing any burrs or sharp edges. Mark a bend line and place the sheet metal on the edge of your bench. Clamp the wood on top of the metal to the workbench.