How To Hem Sheet Metal With A Brake

I wrapped them in metal for durability and in this video i show how i bent the trim coil used on those doors.

How to hem sheet metal with a brake. If the sheet metal is very thin you can instead flatten the hem under the clamping bar. To establish the hem bend line add the two outside dimensions up to the hem then subtract half the hem elongation allowance and a full bend deduction for the inner 90 degree bend. Mount the slitter on top of the brake. I built some custom doors for a bike shed.

Compress the hem seam then create the. When working with a brake press hems are always created in a two step process. Create a bend with acute angle tooling in the metal 30 is preferable but 45 will work for some circumstances. A slitter is mounted only after a sheet is locked in place.

Place the acute bend under a flattening bar and apply enough pressure to finish closing the bend. Insert the 6 in wide sheet 1 2 in. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. Lock the sheet in place.