Bending Sheet Metal Without A Brake

June 24 2011 by admin 1 comment.

Bending sheet metal without a brake.

Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. Showing how i bend steel plate without using a brake. Stacey demonstrates a technique of how to bend a sheet of metal using a vise and 2 4 s. With only 1 piece of angle iron 1 piece of wood and some hardware i made a sheet metal brake that can make perfect bends as well as make radius bends wit.

Metal shops have brakes mounted at different angles with automated braking arms however it is possible to bend sheet metal at home without the use of a brake. Showing how i bend steel plate without using a brake. Bending sheet metal by hand is a manageable task if the piece of sheet metal is small and thin enough to handle. A brake is a device that allows you to bend a piece of sheet metal at a particular angle.

To define the bend region and reduce the force required to bend a part out of sheet metal down to something you can handle without a brake press slots can be cut at the bending line to.