How To Make A Sheet Metal Bending Brake

Mount the brake on saw horse or your workbench with a few inches hanging over to allow the brake and slide a piece of sheet metal between the 7 and 14 plate snug the bolts down to clamp it and pull the pipe handle towards you to bend the metal.

How to make a sheet metal bending brake. Align the metal to the guide and tighten the nuts down. At this point it became apparent that i had made a mistake in the original design of the brake. Ideally the pivot point of the brake will lie perfectly inline with the bend line of the metal being bent. I used a file to create a flat spot in the hold down angle used a metal punch to create a start for the drill bit and drilled a hole for the carriage bolts.

Place another piece from the same sheet metal strip 0 50mm vertically onto the bed and between the brake and the first one. How to bend sheet metal without a brake. Loosen the nuts and slide your material into the break between the pieces of angle iron as shown in the second picture. 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.

Don t over tighten the empty side. Place the brake onto the brake s bed. Monkeys spinning monkeys by kevin macleod. The hold down clamps down the metal to be bent.

How to bend sheet metal without a brake in 4 different methods with minimal or homemade tools. The angle should sit flat on the piece you are going to bend. Simple sheet metal bender using a hand roller clamps and plywood.