Diy Wooden Sheet Metal Brake

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Diy wooden sheet metal brake.

Cut two 12 inch pieces out of one of the 2 x 4 s. 1 4 inch 0 6 cm steel plate with bracing will enable. 84 not counting 18. For dimension and more informat.

Hello friends today i make a sheet metal bending tool. It s really easy to build a simple diy metal brake. Dec 03 2013 10 43 am. You don t need much wire but if you don t have any on hand this is going.

Subscribe to my channel. Diy wooden sheet metal brake comment on how to build a wooden sheet metal brake 1 comments daveward says. Simple sheet metal brake. Eventually i will add fingers so that i can make complete 4 sided boxes.

Spray paint i bought one can which is enough. Place the brake onto the brake s bed. With this one you will be able to make multiple simple bends in sheet metal or aluminum. How to make your own sheet metal brake from wood step 1.

Cut the angle iron and steel plate in sizes listed above making sure edges are square and straight. Build a sheet metal brake 18 ga solid wire for the hold down springs. I love working with metal but i ve always struggled to get perfect 90 bends. Construct a box 15 inches wide by 8 feet long by gluing.

I hope you like this video. Place another piece from the same sheet metal strip 0 50mm vertically onto the bed and between the brake and the first one. Miter saw with metal. Fasten two of the 1 x 8 s to the top of the 2 x 4 rectangle by gluing and screwing them down.

Diy sheet metal brake this is just a basic 30 metal brake made from scrap steel. I think this is one of the best tools i ve been doing for a long time on my channel. I m going to do this two tone though. It s pretty big so you can sta.

Once again place the sheet metal strip 0 50mm from previous step between bender and bed but this time a little higher from the surface of bed bender. Subscribe my channel for more new videos. Generally i ll stick the piece to be bent in the vise and smack it around until it s bent. It works so well so i m surprised myself.