How To Bend Sheet Metal

Determine the thickness of your sheet.

How to bend sheet metal.

You can use a tape measure or ruler to measure the thickness of your sheet metal. Hello friends today i make a sheet metal bending tool. Simple sheet metal bender using a hand roller clamps and plywood. You will use the protractor to gauge the brake as you bend the metal little by little.

Using the edge of your workbench a length of wood two clamps and a mallet you can fashion a rudimentary bending brake. Determine the angle at which you want to brake the metal and mark it on the protractor. Otherwise the sheet metal is almost certain to shift as you bend it resulting in a bad bend. Cut the section of metal out or otherwise prepare the metal to be bent by removing any burrs or sharp edges.

Use line sketch l shape. If you re bending 0 020 thick material use a 0 020 radius. 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. Click front plane and click on sketch.

This measurement will be necessary for calculating your bend allowance. For dimension and more informat. Here s a good rule of thumb for most materials. Mark a bend line and place the sheet metal on the edge of your bench.

Click offset entities and click l sketch. The inside bend radius should be equal to the thickness of the material that you re forming. Dimension sketch with smart dimension as 1in x 1in. Set offset distance as 0 1in.

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. Clamp the wood on top of the metal to the workbench. 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. Next place the wood parallel and slightly behind the bending line.

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