How To Make A Homemade Sheet Metal Brake

As long as we have collected all the needed materials.

How to make a homemade sheet metal brake.

The 1 5 angle was cut in half to make two 2 pieces. To make a hinge for your sheet metal brake align the two angle irons. Construct a box 15 inches wide by 8 feet long by gluing. Need to bend sheet metal.

Take care not to weld the pipes together. All of the metal and wood bits were first cut to length. Hello friends today i make a sheet metal bending tool. Subscribe to my channel.

It s really easy to build a simple diy metal brake. The 2 plate was cut to 2 in length. I hope you like this video. The angle iron with a welded threaded nut and the undrilled angle iron.

I did a 1 8 hole first then the 5 16 hole. This will be used to form the smooth surface beneath the hold down clamp. The hold down clamps down the metal to be bent. Put the nipple pipes in between the two angle irons and carefully weld the nipple pipes onto the steel rod do this alternately to form the hinge.

Fasten two of the 1 x 8 s to the top of the 2 x 4 rectangle by gluing and screwing them down. How to make your own sheet metal brake from wood step 1. Calculate the desirable full width of sheet metal brake. Subscribe my channel for more new videos.

It s really easy to build a simple diy metal brake. Diy sheet metal bender brake step 1. This will be used to make the bending plate as well as the hold down clamp. I used a file to create a flat spot in the hold down angle used a metal punch to create a start for the drill bit and drilled a hole for the carriage bolts.

Lay the 7 x42 piece on top of the 14 piece with the front edges. Cut the angle iron and steel plate in sizes listed above making sure edges are square and straight. For dimension and more informat. But you can use your welding table or bench a channel iron or a rectangular tube.

I then put the hold down in place and marked the hole for the carriage bolts on the hinges. 1 4 inch 0 6 cm steel plate with bracing will enable.