How To Bend From Sheet Metal

Mark a bend line and place the sheet metal on the edge of your bench.

How to bend from sheet metal. To view this part in flatten form click sheetmetal flatten. Next place the wood parallel and slightly behind the bending line. 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.

Cut the section of metal out or otherwise prepare the metal to be bent by removing any burrs or sharp edges. Determine the angle at which you want to brake the metal and mark it on the protractor. Your simple sheetmetal bend is ready. Then use your bend allowance to draw your second bend line the intervening distance between your bend lines bend radius.

Look at part tree. Mark your bend lines. Otherwise the sheet metal is almost certain to shift as you bend it resulting in a bad bend. Hello friends today i make a sheet metal bending tool.

You will use the protractor to gauge the brake as you bend the metal little by little. If you cannot find the sheetmetal tool in you main tool menu you can right click on main menu tab and check sheetmetal option. 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. Using the edge of your workbench a length of wood two clamps and a mallet you can fashion a rudimentary bending brake.

Here s a good rule of thumb for most materials. If you re bending 0 020 thick material use a 0 020 radius. Subscribe my channel for more new videos. The inside bend radius should be equal to the thickness of the material that you re forming.

Clamping your sheet metal to the straightedge is a must. Set bend radius to 0 03in and k factor 0 5 and ok. I hope you like this video.