Homemade Sheet Metal Hand Brake

How to bend sheet metal without a brake in 4 different methods with minimal or homemade tools.

Homemade sheet metal hand brake.

Kaka industrial w 1220a 12 inch box and pan brake solid construction high accuracy sheet metal box pan brake easy operation 20 gauges sheet metal brake 3 7 out of 5 stars 9 285 99 285. Simple sheet metal brake. Simple sheet metal bender using a hand roller clamps and plywood. I hope you like this video.

To open the brake first loosen the bolts then insert a large screwdriver between the top and bottom plate at either end. Next insert your sheet metal lining up the bend line with the edge of the top plate. Monkeys spinning monkeys by kevin macleod. Adjust and do a tack weld at side of pivot and the top corner of angle iron point 1.

The axis of rotation center of bender to be inline to bending line. Pipes 2 pieces 1 ft long 4 x 4 1 piece 8 ft. Pipe clamps 2 1 in. The most important thing on a sheet metal brake is.

I needed better i saw a how to on making a metal brake and wanted to make a few modifications. Build a sheet metal brake. Generally i ll stick the piece to be bent in the vise and smack it around until it s bent. 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.

A brake is an essential tool for working with sheet metal. This will stiffen the plate when a piece of metal is clamped in the brake. 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. I m sure some bright person out there will probably come up with a more elegant way to do this.

Twist a steel wire ø1 2mm around the pivot and place it at the gap on edge of bender. Since it almost always bends crooked i end up rebending and generally just. For dimension and more informat. I love working with metal but i ve always struggled to get perfect 90 bends.

Long build your own brake to simplify working with sheet metal. How to bend sheet metal without a brake. Subscribe my channel for more new videos.