Homemade Mini Sheet Metal Brake

There s been more than a few times i ve needed to bend metal and i ve resorted to clamping 2x4s together and using a hammer.

Homemade mini sheet metal brake.

Cut 3 5 pieces and 2. Subscribe to my channel. I love building tools. Lay the 7 x42 piece on top of the 14 piece with the front edges.

Drawing from numerous online sources makjosher s brake is built from 1 8 steel bar as well as 1 8 steel angle. Select materials that will be strong enough for your needs. Generally i ll stick the piece to be bent in the vise and smack it around until it s bent. It s really easy to build a simple diy metal brake.

I love working with metal but i ve always struggled to get perfect 90 bends. With some lumber you can build a brake from wood that will perform just as well as an commercial sheet metal brake. Grab 2 of the 5 pieces of angle iron and clamp them into a vise as shown in the first picture. Build a sheet metal brake.

Sharpening the brake s edges clamping bar the grinding according to setup main base brake and grinder slide base the grinding axis is parallel to main base. Unfortunately for the do it yourself type metal brakes are often expensive and it is impractical to buy one for use on only a few projects. Simple sheet metal brake. Removing from the height of slider 3mmt the flat bar the grinding.

Hello friends today i make a sheet metal bending tool. I used my 4x6 band saw to do this. Subscribe my channel for more new videos. Homemade mini bend brake step 1.

Need to bend sheet metal. Since it almost always bends crooked i end up rebending and generally just. Need to bend sheet metal. 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. I hope you like this video. First thing you need to do is cut the steel. It s really easy to build a simple diy metal brake.

I needed better i saw a how to on making a metal brake and wanted to make a few modifications.