How To Bend Aluminum Sheet Into A Circle

To do this the extruded section is wrapped around a die.

How to bend aluminum sheet into a circle.

Make sure the bar is seated firmly inside the frame. Be careful not to bend or damage the aluminum foil in the process. Mark the bend point at 2 and inches with a chisel and bend both sides of the holder down using a piece of 2x4 to help keep the bend even. Then place the clamp bar back down on top of the aluminum crosswise.

The five most common methods of bending extrusion are. Mark your bend lines. Methods of bending aluminum extrusion unlike bending metal sheet on a press brake when bending extrusion the goal is to create curvature. Insert your aluminum sheet into the brake beneath the removable clamp bar.

Then use your bend allowance to draw your second bend line the intervening distance between your bend lines bend radius. Some over bending is usually needed because the extrusion will exhibit a degree of spring back. 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. Lift the clamp bar away from the rear of the brake frame and slide the sheet in perpendicularly to the direction you want to bend it.

Use scissors to cut the foil into a large circle shape.