Plans To Make A Sheet Metal Bender

Hello friends today i make a sheet metal bending tool.

Plans to make a sheet metal bender.

Subscribe to my channel. Some useful ideas and tool plans in the other sheet metal books as well. Lay the 42 piece of 2 angle iron on top of the 7 wide top plate centering it between the two end angles in the center of the sheet with the angle up and weld it in place with at least one inch welds on each edge 8 inches 20 3 cm apart. Over 30 it says you will need to make other adjustments in particular a heavier gauge of angle iron to prevent flexing.

Insert 5 8 handle in the hinge and lift upward to create bend. 48 sheet metal brake sheet metal bender welding plans been wanting to build a sheet metal brake but don t know how. The axis of rotation center of bender to be inline to bending line. I hope you like this video.

Subscribe my channel for more new videos. Twist a steel wire ø1 2mm around the pivot and place it at the gap on edge of bender. No one wants to dedicate considerable time and expense on a welding project onl. Adjust and do a tack weld at side of pivot and the top corner of angle iron point 1.

Put sheet metal under top clamp and tighten down bolts to hold securely. Since machines are not that cheap for this task i decided to build my own device for bending metal. This will stiffen the plate when a piece of metal is clamped in the brake. Congratulations you have successfully built your own sheet metal brake.

It s really easy to build a simple diy metal brake. Currently i want to build a metric sculpture for which i have to bend metal rods. Need to bend sheet metal. Use only two of the bolt holes according to the length of your material.

For dimension and more informat. The plans are written for a 15 brake but everything was based around a 30 machine so enlarging it is just a matter of lengthening. The most important thing on a sheet metal brake is.