In some cases as with thicker sheet of metal you may need to use a sheet metal brake to apply your bend.
How to bend a thick sheet of stainless steel.
Compared to carbon steel for the same thickness of stainless steel the bending angle is larger special attention should be paid to this point otherwise the bending crack will appear affecting the strength of the workpiece.
Step 2 put on your safety glasses.
The spring back of the stainless steel.
It is important to make sure that the sheet is properly pushed onto the wipe die.
Measure and mark the bend location along one edge of the stainless steel sheet with the tape measure and awl.
As a result the wipe die also determines the bend s inner radius.
For most applications with stainless steel or aluminum you can get away with a zero radius bend on anything under 0 050 thick.
Place a second bend mark on the edge of the stainless steel sheet parallel to the edge you just marked.
The return of stainless steel is indeed troublesome.
If you re bending 0 020 thick material use a 0 020 radius.
Wipe bending or edge bending is another way to bend sheet metal edges.