How To Use A Hand Brake Sheet Metal

The lower jaws lift and bend the material to the desired angle.

How to use a hand brake sheet metal.

Adjust top leaf with top adjustment on side that is overbending. To bend sheet metal in a vice start by marking a line on the metal where you want to bend it. The sheet metal slips into the throat of the brake where an upper jaw clamps it firmly in place. If your sheet metal is long ask a friend to stabilize the part hanging out from the form blocks so it doesn t affect the bend.

Simple sheet metal bender using a hand roller clamps and plywood. I hope you like this video. Monkeys spinning monkeys by kevin macleod. Many manufacturers make brakes but the different brands all function similarly.

Mount the brake on saw horse or your workbench with a few inches hanging over to allow the brake and slide a piece of sheet metal between the 7 and 14 plate snug the bolts down to clamp it and pull the pipe handle towards you to bend the metal. Hello friends today i make a sheet metal bending tool. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. Brakes can range in length from 2 to 14 feet and have a throat capacity of up to 18 inches.

Next put your wooden or metal form blocks in the vice and clamp your sheet of metal between the forms. Instructions how to use a sheet metal brake machine 1 unclamp handles j slightly on side that is overbending. For dimension and more informat.