How To Make A Small Sheet Metal Brake

Lay the 7 x42 piece on top of the 14 piece with the front edges.

How to make a small sheet metal brake.

Cut the 1 1 2 metal bar. Loosen the nuts and slide your material into the break between the pieces of angle iron as shown in the second picture. Generally i ll stick the piece to be bent in the vise and smack it around until it s bent. In this video i show how to build a metal brake with a 72 inch working capacity.

Use clamps to hold the metal in place while cutting. I love working with metal but i ve always struggled to get perfect 90 bends. Cut two 12 inch pieces out of one of the 2 x 4 s. Since it almost always bends crooked i end up rebending and generally just.

Align the metal to the guide and tighten the nuts down. Adjust and do a tack weld at side of pivot and the top corner of angle iron point 1. Simple sheet metal brake. Don t over tighten the empty side.

The axis of rotation center of bender to be inline to bending line. Cutting the metal and wood. How to make your own sheet metal brake from wood step 1. Subscribe my channel for more new videos.

The unit as shown is approximately 82 tip to tip has a working surface he. Select materials that will be strong enough for your needs. Hello friends today i make a sheet metal bending tool. The most important thing on a sheet metal brake is.

How to make a simple metal brake step 1. Cut the angle iron and steel plate in sizes listed above making sure edges are square and straight. Construct a box 15 inches wide by 8 feet long by gluing. Place the two pieces of 2 4 boards onto a flat surface and clamp the two boards together.

Twist a steel wire ø1 2mm around the pivot and place it at the gap on edge of bender. I hope you like this video. For dimension and more informat.