How To Roll Sheet Metal Edge

Your forms will have an edge that should match the angle of your desired bend.

How to roll sheet metal edge.

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. Rounding metal with the bevel heads from beveltools ensure a smooth and consistent rounded edge on sheet plate pipe and hole. For the most part the easiest edge to roll is one on a straight line or one with a very slight outward curve. Watch this video and more in the solid edge sheet metal tutorials playlist.

This is because the metal is simply being bent on one plane. The benefits of working with beveltools. Using simple hand tools to make a rolled wire edge to a piece of sheet steel. I ve started by bending the sheet up 90 degrees where i want to roll to start.

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. Bending your sheet metal with a vise 1 place your forms in your vise. You can create the perfect uniform radius with these bevel heads.