How To Bend Stainless Steel Sheet Without A Brake

How to bend stainless steel sheets.

How to bend stainless steel sheet without a brake.

Showing how i bend steel plate without using a brake. Clamp a straight edge to use as a fence to guide the circ saw. 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. I found this video of stacey david from gearz that i thought some of you do it yourself car enthusiasts may find interesting.

If you need to reheat the metal and redo the bend. Place a second bend mark on. Something we do when the brake die can t make a bend due to clearance ect slice the sheet at the bend line in a dashed pattern hand bend then weld the bend up afterwards. Then use your bend allowance to draw your second bend line the intervening distance between your bend lines bend radius.

Grab the top of the metal with the pliers as the section you heated cools off and pull towards you gently at first. Center mark each bend location by setting the pointed end of the. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. Diy tip for bending sheet metal without a metal brake.

Put on your safety glasses. Measure and mark the bend location along one edge of the stainless steel sheet with the tape measure and awl. Better yet i use a circ saw with abrasive blade. Cut a groove about 2 3 through the material.

Stacey demonstrates a technique of how to bend a sheet of metal using a vise and 2 4 s. June 24 2011 by admin 1 comment.