How To Adjust Sheet Metal Brake

Check clamping pressure by placing test strips in the brake about 3 or 4 inches away from each end of the brake.

How to adjust sheet metal brake.

Set the clamping pressure so that it is enough to keep the material from slipping during a bend. Adjust by means of clamping handle adjusting nuts as shown. To tighten clamping pressure release the top nut and tighten the bottom nut. Step 1 check clamping pressure by clamping test strips in the brake approximately 3 or 4 inches away from each end of the brake.

Adjust the nose gap by turning the large brake nose gap adjustment knobs at the rear of the upper jaw to achieve its proper alignment. Do this on both sides of the brake. Adjust the brake cut five cards of aluminum coil stock and slide them in at each casting. Use test strips of metal approximately 3 inches by 3 inches each of the thickness you will be forming for the following adjustments.

Release clamping handles sufficiently to allow material to pass between the top leaf and the bed. Tighten down each casting with the allen wrench until it is just tight enough that you can t pull it out. Figure 5 the perfect setting is obtained when the bending leaf is held up to the angle of the finished bend and there is one material thickness between the bending leaf and the nose radius piece. For clamp adjustment here are some suggestions.

Lock the brake down. Adjust top leaf with top adjustment on side that is overbending.