How To Build A Small Sheet Metal Brake

I needed better i saw a how to on making a metal brake and wanted to make a few modifications.

How to build a small sheet metal brake.

Hello friends today i make a sheet metal bending tool. Build a sheet metal brake. For dimension and more informat. 1 4 inch 0 6 cm steel plate with bracing will enable.

Subscribe my channel for more new videos. Lay the 7 x42 piece on top of the 14 piece with the front edges. 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. The unit as shown is approximately 82 tip to tip has a working surface he.

Select materials that will be strong enough for your needs. Place another piece from the same sheet metal strip 0 50mm vertically onto the bed and between the brake and the first one. Once again place the sheet metal strip 0 50mm from previous step between bender and bed but this time a little higher from the surface of bed bender. To make a hinge for your sheet metal brake align the two angle irons.

Cut the angle iron and steel plate in sizes listed above making sure edges are square and straight. Cut two 12 inch pieces out of one of the 2 x 4 s. Put the nipple pipes in between the two angle irons and carefully weld the nipple pipes onto the steel rod do this alternately to form the hinge. Place the brake onto the brake s bed.

I hope you like this video. Fasten two of the 1 x 8 s to the top of the 2 x 4 rectangle by gluing and screwing them down. I love building tools. Construct a box 15 inches wide by 8 feet long by gluing.

Take care not to weld the pipes together.