Diy Sheet Metal Radius Brake

You want these handles about the distance of your metal pieces no more than your shoulder width and about 1 1 2 deep.

Diy sheet metal radius brake.

Simple sheet metal brake. I love working with metal but i ve always struggled to get perfect 90 bends. Hello friends today i make a sheet metal bending tool. Use a 3 8 wood drill bit to drill two holes 1 1 2 deep.

With only 1 piece of angle iron 1 piece of wood and some hardware i made a sheet metal brake that can make perfect bends as well as make radius bends wit. Also i wanted to be able to do some bends with bigger radius witho. Twist a steel wire ø1 2mm around the pivot and place it at the gap on edge of bender. For dimension and more informat.

Is it a metal press. I needed better i saw a how to on making a metal brake and wanted to make a few modifications. All you need to do is drill 3 8 holes on the 2 side of the smaller wood board. Build a sheet metal brake.

This sheet metal radius brake is the perfect solution for forming radius bends in mild steel and aluminum. Then insert the rods into the holes. Subscribe my channel for more new videos. I love building tools.

The axis of rotation center of bender to be inline to bending line. Since it almost always bends crooked i end up rebending and generally just. Sheet metal bending brake with radius adjustment. There s been more than a few times i ve needed to bend metal and i ve resorted to clamping 2x4s together and using a hammer.

In this video i ll show you how i made a simple jig that allows me to easily bend plate steel and sheet met. This is my bending brake i made it from 4mm thick 40 x 40mm l profile6 and 12mm steel bars and 3 4 and 6 mm thick flat bars i wanted to get brake that could bend 2 3mm thick steel. Generally i ll stick the piece to be bent in the vise and smack it around until it s bent. I hope you like this video.