How To Bend Sheet Metal Around A Barrel

Wipe bending or edge bending is another way to bend sheet metal edges.

How to bend sheet metal around a barrel.

Monkeys spinning monkeys by kevin macleod. Bend the first bit move the clamps and bend the next bit. The top of the wing is to be bent around and perfectly welded onto the tear drop shaped arc of the tube. As a result the wipe die also determines the bend s inner radius.

The slack between the wipe die and the punch plays an important role in getting a good result. The picture below isn t much better but gives a better perspective to what i m trying to recreate. 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. Here s a good rule of thumb for most materials.

Bending metal clip from robert van de walle on vimeo. I thought about it but couldn t come up with a solution with a lofted bend. The bending of sheet metal with a punch and an array mounted at a folder is quite natural and normal. Sorry about that bad image it was hard to find a decent example.

In principle does not seem that this operation is complicated and difficult. If you re bending 0 020 thick material use a 0 020 radius. Bend metal without expensive tools step 3. Then use your bend allowance to draw your second bend line the intervening distance between your bend lines bend radius.

The inside bend radius should be equal to the thickness of the material that you re forming. It is important to make sure that the sheet is properly pushed onto the wipe die.