Homemade Sheet Metal Shaping Tools

How to bend sheet metal without a brake in 4 different methods with minimal or homemade tools.

Homemade sheet metal shaping tools.

A staple of the home metal fab shop is the mig welder. This is my go to tool. This cleco kit comes with 100 1 8 inch clecos cleco pliers and a handy storage box. With the stump you will need a good shaping hammer it takes a pretty good whack to get a tuck into a piece of sheet metal you can spend up wards to a hundred dollars on one or you can go to a thrift store a pick up an old wooden bat and make one yourself.

May 3 2020 great ideas and creative homemade tools. Mig welders are easy to use and versatile. Home made sheet metal shrinking tool. Clecos are designed for clamping two pieces of sheet metal together through a common 1 8 inch hole during fabrication.

See more ideas about homemade tools metal working metal projects. If you d like to make metal working tools check out our listings for different tools for metalworking including bead rollers sheetmetal brakes english wheels tube benders tube notchers and countless other homemade tools for diy metalwork. I have had this hobart handler 180 since around 2006. Homemade sheetmetal shaping hammer constructed from 12l14 steel threaded rod and a repurposed file handle.

The cost of this hammer is 3. Cleco sheet metal positioners are great tools for race car builders body fabricators or anyone who works with sheet metal.