How To Bend From Sheet Metal

In other words if you re bending 1 8 sheet use a tool with a 1 8 radius to form the inside of the bend.

How to bend from sheet metal.

Determine the angle at which you want to brake the metal and mark it on the protractor. Mark your bend lines. Clamp the wood on top of the metal to the workbench. Your simple sheetmetal bend is ready.

Then use your bend allowance to draw your second bend line the intervening distance between your bend lines bend radius. If you re bending 0 020 thick material use a 0 020 radius. Using the edge of your workbench a length of wood two clamps and a mallet you can fashion a rudimentary bending brake. You will use the protractor to gauge the brake as you bend the metal little by little.

Set bend radius to 0 03in and k factor 0 5 and ok. To view this part in flatten form click sheetmetal flatten. Mark a bend line and place the sheet metal on the edge of your bench. Look at part tree.

Hello friends today i make a sheet metal bending tool. Otherwise the sheet metal is almost certain to shift as you bend it resulting in a bad bend. Now that you know your bend allowance take your protractor and draw a clear line with your marker across the point at which you will bend your sheet metal. Cut the section of metal out or otherwise prepare the metal to be bent by removing any burrs or sharp edges.

Subscribe my channel for more new videos. Clamping your sheet metal to the straightedge is a must. For dimension and more informat. Next place the wood parallel and slightly behind the bending line.

Here s a good rule of thumb for most materials. If you cannot find the sheetmetal tool in you main tool menu you can right click on main menu tab and check sheetmetal option. I hope you like this video.