How To Make Homemade Sheet Metal Brake

Construct a box 15 inches wide by 8 feet long by gluing.

How to make homemade sheet metal brake. Diy sheet metal bender brake step 1. Lay the 7 x42 piece on top of the 14 piece with the front edges. Build a sheet metal brake step 1. Fasten two of the 1 x 8 s to the top of the 2 x 4 rectangle by gluing and screwing them down.

1 4 inch 0 6 cm steel plate with bracing will enable. The bending angle is what folds the metal. I cut my scrap steel angle. Calculate the desirable full width of sheet metal brake.

The first step was cutting the components the 2x4 was cut to 48. Diy sheet metal brake this is just a basic 30 metal brake made from scrap steel. But you can use your welding table or bench a channel iron or a rectangular tube. I cut out 1 2 off each corner of the bending angle.

Select materials that will be strong enough for your needs. Eventually i will add fingers so that i can make complete 4 sided boxes. Cut two 12 inch pieces out of one of the 2 x 4 s. How to make your own sheet metal brake from wood step 1.