How To Roll Sheet Metal Edge

This is how easy it is to make a rounded edge on metal.

How to roll sheet metal edge.

Next we clamp our tool in a vice and hook the folded sheet metal over the tool. Bending your sheet metal with a vise 1 place your forms in your vise. In the photos you can see that we start by folding the sheet metal over a sharp edge such as the edge of an anvil or sander stand. Figure 1 1 shows that the length of the edge before the roll a is the same as the outermost area of the roll b and as the inner most part of the roll c.

I ve started by bending the sheet up 90 degrees where i want to roll to start. The benefits of working with beveltools. Your forms will have an edge that should match the angle of your desired bend. You can create the perfect uniform radius with these bevel heads.

This is because the metal is simply being bent on one plane. Rounding metal with the bevel heads from beveltools ensure a smooth and consistent rounded edge on sheet plate pipe and hole. Using a plastic mallet or planishing hammer hammer down on the fold until it s bent over in a u shape.