Homemade Sheet Metal Brake Out Of Wood

Dec 03 2013 10 43 am.

Homemade sheet metal brake out of wood.

Sheet metal brakes are machines designed to make bending thin metal into shapes for use in projects such as house siding eaves air conditioning ductwork and others. Step 1 cut two 12 inch pieces out of one of the 2 x 4 s. Simple sheet metal brake. It works so well so i m surprised myself.

I wanted to make a metal angle but didn t have the right gauge so i created a spring perch out of 3 8 wood. X research source this project will help you build a simple sheet metal brake for bending small work for those who prefer to do it yourself. I hope you like this video. Hello friends today i make a sheet metal bending tool.

I think this is one of the best tools i ve been doing for a long time on my channel. I love working with metal but i ve always struggled to get perfect 90 bends. Subscribe my channel for more new videos. With some lumber you can build a brake from wood that will perform just as well as an commercial sheet metal brake.

It s pretty big so you can sta. Generally i ll stick the piece to be bent in the vise and smack it around until it s bent. Since it almost always bends crooked i end up rebending and generally just. The final spring seats are 3 8 thick 1 2 is probably a better size.