How To Bend Long Sheet Metal Brake

Determine the angle at which you want to brake the metal and mark it on the protractor.

How to bend long sheet metal brake.

Figure 8 bend 90 figure 9 remove test strips and place one on top of the other. You will use the. Figure 10 if they do not match adjust the end with the sharper bend back slightly. The average hack requires at least one angled metal part and the best tool to make one is still the good ol press brake.

Then use your bend allowance to draw your second bend line the intervening distance between your bend lines bend radius. Now that you know your bend allowance take your protractor and draw a clear line with your marker across the point at which you will bend your sheet metal. The unit as shown is approximately 82 tip to tip has a working surface he. Check by clamping two test strips between the bed and the clamp 3 inch from each end of the brake.

In this video i show how to build a metal brake with a 72 inch working capacity. Slide the angle iron into the jaws of the vise so that it lays flat the length of the piece of metal you are.