How To Make A Homemade Sheet Metal Brake

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

How to make a homemade sheet metal brake.

How to make your own sheet metal brake from wood step 1. Diy sheet metal bender brake step 1. Select materials that will be strong enough for your needs. 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.

All of the metal and wood bits were first cut to length. To make a hinge for your sheet metal brake align the two angle irons. Cut two 12 inch pieces out of one of the 2 x 4 s. But you can use your welding table or bench a channel iron or a rectangular tube.

The angle iron with a welded threaded nut and the undrilled angle iron. Need to bend sheet metal. It s really easy to build a simple diy metal brake. Hello friends today i make a sheet metal bending tool.

Take care not to weld the pipes together. 1 4 inch 0 6 cm steel plate with bracing will enable. This will be used to form the smooth surface beneath the hold down clamp. I did a 1 8 hole first then the 5 16 hole.

Construct a box 15 inches wide by 8 feet long by gluing. It s really easy to build a simple diy metal brake. The 2 plate was cut to 2 in length. Need to bend sheet metal.

This will be used to make the bending plate as well as the hold down clamp. As long as we have collected all the needed materials. Subscribe my channel for more new videos. 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.

The 1 5 angle was cut in half to make two 2 pieces. The hold down clamps down the metal to be bent. I then put the hold down in place and marked the hole for the carriage bolts on the hinges. For dimension and more informat.

Calculate the desirable full width of sheet metal brake. Fasten two of the 1 x 8 s to the top of the 2 x 4 rectangle by gluing and screwing them down.