How To Roll Sheet Metal

Mark your bend lines.

How to roll sheet metal.

You ll need to be careful with your blows here as it s easy to ding the sheet metal and create divots and gouges. How to roll a round cylinder using a hydraulic roller. Place the tip of your marker. The string should be.

Then use your bend allowance to draw your second bend line the intervening distance between your bend lines bend radius. Now that you know your bend allowance take your protractor and draw a clear line with your marker across the point at which you will bend your sheet metal. Sheet metal is a metal being formed by a manufacturing process into thin flat pieces. Once you ve got your u shape place your piece on a work table or anvil and finish the roll by tapping the edge down into the sheet for a simple flat fold or back into the roll for a thicker beaded roll.

Draw a line onto your sheet metal the same length as you want the slanted edge of your cone to be.