How To Bend From Sheet Metal

You will use the protractor to gauge the brake as you bend the metal little by little.

How to bend from sheet metal.

Hello friends today i make a sheet metal bending tool. I hope you like this video. If you re bending 0 020 thick material use a 0 020 radius. Using the edge of your workbench a length of wood two clamps and a mallet you can fashion a rudimentary bending brake.

Otherwise the sheet metal is almost certain to shift as you bend it resulting in a bad bend. Then use your bend allowance to draw your second bend line the intervening distance between your bend lines bend radius. To view this part in flatten form click sheetmetal flatten. Subscribe my channel for more new videos.

Mark a bend line and place the sheet metal on the edge of your bench. To clamp efficiently lay your sheet metal on the top surface of your straightedge with the drawn line perfectly aligned with the outside edge of the sheet metal. You know the basic try model. In other words if you re bending 1 8 sheet use a tool with a 1 8 radius to form the inside of the bend.

Next place the wood parallel and slightly behind the bending line. The inside bend radius should be equal to the thickness of the material that you re forming. Determine the angle at which you want to brake the metal and mark it on the protractor. Look at part tree.

Cut the section of metal out or otherwise prepare the metal to be bent by removing any burrs or sharp edges. Set bend radius to 0 03in and k factor 0 5 and ok. For dimension and more informat. 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.

Clamping your sheet metal to the straightedge is a must. If you cannot find the sheetmetal tool in you main tool menu you can right click on main menu tab and check sheetmetal option. Here s a good rule of thumb for most materials.