How To Make A Sheet Metal Bending Brake

The hold down clamps down the metal to be bent.

How to make a sheet metal bending brake.

How to bend sheet metal without a brake. I then put the hold down in place and marked the hole for the carriage bolts on the hinges. At this point it became apparent that i had made a mistake in the original design of the brake. However as i had designed the brake the bending point was 1 8 above the pivot point of the hinge see left side of drawing.

I did a 1 8 hole first then the 5 16 hole. Loosen the nuts and slide your material into the break between the pieces of angle iron as shown in the second picture. Place the brake onto the brake s bed. 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.

Monkeys spinning monkeys by kevin macleod. How to bend sheet metal without a brake in 4 different methods with minimal or homemade tools. Once again place the sheet metal strip 0 50mm from previous step between bender and bed but this time a little higher from the surface of bed bender. Place another piece from the same sheet metal strip 0 50mm vertically onto the bed and between the brake and the first one.

Ideally the pivot point of the brake will lie perfectly inline with the bend line of the metal being bent. The angle should sit flat on the piece you are going to bend. Align the metal to the guide and tighten the nuts down.