How To Bend Aluminum Sheet Without A Brake

Move slowly along the fold doing 10 20 degree bends at a time.

How to bend aluminum sheet without a brake.

Use scrap lumber to make a brake that is effective when only a few bends will be necessary. Also after each bending pass work along with rubber mallet to sharpen the bend by bashing either side of the bend on the table edge. Mark your bend lines. Determine the angle at which you want to brake the metal and mark it on the protractor.

Then use your bend allowance to draw your second bend line the intervening distance between your bend lines bend radius. I have never tried this method but if you don t have a metal brake this may work fine. You will use the. Make sure the bar is seated firmly inside the frame.

A siding brake bends aluminum or bendable vinyl siding to the angles you want using leverage from a hinged joint. Then place the clamp bar back down on top of the aluminum crosswise. By lining the routed grove up with the angle along the table edge and the end of the tool you can focus the bend where you want it. 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.

Stacey demonstrates a technique of how to bend a sheet of metal using a vise and 2 4 s. Slide the angle iron into the jaws of the vise so that it lays flat the length of the piece of metal you are. A purpose made brake isn t necessary if you are going to be bending only a few pieces of coiled siding.