Diy Hydraulic Sheet Metal Brake

You insert the sheet metal through the opening until the back of the workpiece hits the back gage and step on the pedal to do the bend.

Diy hydraulic sheet metal brake.

As long as we have collected all the needed materials. I needed better i saw a how to on making a metal brake and wanted to make a few modifications. The cnc variety have what is called a back gage. You can set up a variety of tooling in the opening and a skilled operator can walk the workpiece through each station of tooling to make a finished part.

Lay the 7 x42 piece on top of the 14 piece with the front edges. Hello friends today i make a sheet metal bending tool. I love building tools. But you can use your welding table or bench a channel iron or a rectangular tube.

Subscribe my channel for more new videos. Generally i ll stick the piece to be bent in the vise and smack it around until it s bent. Cut the angle iron and steel plate in sizes listed above making sure edges are square and straight. Adding a truss w.

1 4 inch 0 6 cm steel plate with bracing will enable. I love working with metal but i ve always struggled to get perfect 90 bends. Since it almost always bends crooked i end up rebending and generally just. Build a sheet metal brake.

It is 50 wide so it can. Simple sheet metal brake. I designed it to be used as a press or metal brake. Select materials that will be strong enough for your needs.

Press brakes are cool machines for bending sheet metal. Hydraulic press brake shopmade cnc press brake. I hope you like this video. This press is my own interpretation of what a home shop press should look like.

Diy sheet metal bender brake step 1. Homemade sheet metal bender brake 805 mm length this is the third and last part and includes all possible modifications that could be made.