How To Build A Small Sheet Metal Brake

How to make your own sheet metal brake from wood step 1.

How to build a small sheet metal brake.

The unit as shown is approximately 82 tip to tip has a working surface he. Place the brake onto the brake s bed. Take care not to weld the pipes together. Select materials that will be strong enough for your needs.

Put the nipple pipes in between the two angle irons and carefully weld the nipple pipes onto the steel rod do this alternately to form the hinge. To make a hinge for your sheet metal brake align the two angle irons. 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. I love building tools.

I hope you like this video. Build a sheet metal brake. I needed better i saw a how to on making a metal brake and wanted to make a few modifications. Cut two 12 inch pieces out of one of the 2 x 4 s.

Construct a box 15 inches wide by 8 feet long by gluing. 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. Place another piece from the same sheet metal strip 0 50mm vertically onto the bed and between the brake and the first one. In this video i show how to build a metal brake with a 72 inch working capacity.

1 4 inch 0 6 cm steel plate with bracing will enable. Lay the 7 x42 piece on top of the 14 piece with the front edges. Subscribe my channel for more new videos. Hello friends today i make a sheet metal bending tool.

Cut the angle iron and steel plate in sizes listed above making sure edges are square and straight.