Diy Wooden Sheet Metal Brake

I love working with metal but i ve always struggled to get perfect 90 bends.

Diy wooden sheet metal brake.

84 not counting 18. You don t need much wire but if you don t have any on hand this is going. Hello friends today i make a sheet metal bending tool. Construct a box 15 inches wide by 8 feet long by gluing.

Place the brake onto the brake s bed. I think this is one of the best tools i ve been doing for a long time on my channel. 1 4 inch 0 6 cm steel plate with bracing will enable. Cut the angle iron and steel plate in sizes listed above making sure edges are square and straight.

It s really easy to build a simple diy metal brake. Eventually i will add fingers so that i can make complete 4 sided boxes. It works so well so i m surprised myself. Spray paint i bought one can which is enough.

Lay the 7 x42 piece on top of the 14 piece with the front edges. It s pretty big so you can sta. Generally i ll stick the piece to be bent in the vise and smack it around until it s bent. With this one you will be able to make multiple simple bends in sheet metal or aluminum.

Place another piece from the same sheet metal strip 0 50mm vertically onto the bed and between the brake and the first one. Need to bend sheet metal. Subscribe my channel for more new videos. Simple sheet metal brake.

Build a sheet metal brake 18 ga solid wire for the hold down springs. 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. For dimension and more informat. Select materials that will be strong enough for your needs.

I hope you like this video. Diy sheet metal brake this is just a basic 30 metal brake made from scrap steel. I m going to do this two tone though. Fasten two of the 1 x 8 s to the top of the 2 x 4 rectangle by gluing and screwing them down.

Subscribe to my channel. Cut two 12 inch pieces out of one of the 2 x 4 s. Miter saw with metal. Dec 03 2013 10 43 am.