Homemade Wooden Sheet Metal Brake

Homemade wooden sheet metal brake intended to produce precise and repeatable bends in metal panels.

Homemade wooden sheet metal brake.

You want these handles about the distance of your metal pieces no more than your shoulder width and about 1 1 2 deep. I cut my scrap steel angle. Simple sheet metal brake. How to make your own sheet metal brake from wood step 1.

Construct a box 15 inches wide by 8 feet long by gluing. Use a 3 8 wood drill bit to drill two holes 1 1 2 deep. Generally i ll stick the piece to be bent in the vise and smack it around until it s bent. Drawing from numerous online sources makjosher s brake is built from 1 8 steel bar as well as 1 8 steel angle.

I cut out 1 2 off each corner of the bending angle. Cut two 12 inch pieces out of one of the 2 x 4 s. All you need to do is drill 3 8 holes on the 2 side of the smaller wood board. I love working with metal but i ve always struggled to get perfect 90 bends.

The bending angle is what folds the metal. Build a sheet metal brake step 1. Then insert the rods into the holes. The angle is secured to a 3 4 wood mounting plate.