How To Bend Sheet Metal

Cut the section of metal out or otherwise prepare the metal to be bent by removing any burrs or sharp edges.

How to bend sheet metal.

Otherwise the sheet metal is almost certain to shift as you bend it resulting in a bad bend. If you re bending 0 020 thick material use a 0 020 radius. Subscribe my channel for more new videos. Click front plane and click on sketch.

Set offset distance as 0 1in. For dimension and more informat. I hope you like this video. The inside bend radius should be equal to the thickness of the material that you re forming.

To clamp efficiently lay your sheet metal on the top surface of your straightedge with the drawn line perfectly aligned with the outside edge of the sheet metal. Mark a bend line and place the sheet metal on the edge of your bench. Clamp the wood on top of the metal to the workbench. You will use the protractor to gauge the brake as you bend the metal little by little.

Hello friends today i make a sheet metal bending tool. Simple sheet metal bender using a hand roller clamps and plywood. Monkeys spinning monkeys by kevin macleod. If your sheet metal is too thick you may need special machinery like a brake or a torch to bend your sheet into the desired shape.

Clamping your sheet metal to the straightedge is a must. This measurement will be necessary for calculating your bend allowance. Click offset entities and click l sketch. Use line sketch l shape.

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. Dimension sketch with smart dimension as 1in x 1in. Determine the thickness of your sheet. Determine the angle at which you want to brake the metal and mark it on the protractor.

Here s a good rule of thumb for most materials. In this tutorials you will learn how to utilize sheetmetal tool such insert bend and flaten.