Diy Sheet Metal Finger Brake

Since it almost always bends crooked i end up rebending and generally just.

Diy sheet metal finger brake.

Simple sheet metal brake. Here is a simple sheet metal folder or brake that can be easily made at home with a few basic tools. The finger is back from the pivot line by the thickness of that stainless steel plate that you see all the way to the left. I wanted a brake that would bend metal thicker than 18 gauge and not cost a fortune.

How to use a metal bender steel sheetmetal brake finger break duration. The axis of rotation center of bender to be inline to bending line. Eventually i will add fingers so that i can make complete 4 sided boxes. Brian oltrogge 2 328 517 views.

The design is fairly common if you look on the inter we. It can bend up to 2mm cold rolled steel with ease and is w. I love working with metal but i ve always struggled to get perfect 90 bends. Diy sheet metal brake this is just a basic 30 metal brake made from scrap steel.

I have clamped a square to the fixed table. This will stiffen the plate when a piece of metal is clamped in the brake. Adjust and do a tack weld at side of pivot and the top corner of angle iron point 1. To its left is my wide finger which is holding down a strip of sheet metal.

After looking at a couple videos of what others had made i made a coup. Time to try out the finger brake. Diy metal brake for bending sheet metal duration. This is how i made my home made box pan brake for a fraction of the cost of a shop bought version.

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. Lay the 42 piece of 2 angle iron on top of the 7 wide top plate centering it between the two end angles in the center of the sheet with the angle up and weld it in place with at least one inch welds on each edge 8 inches 20 3 cm apart.