Bending Sheet Steel At Home

I wanted to make a few curves of various diameters so i created a jig with a variable curve.

Bending sheet steel at home.

Your forms will have an edge that should match the angle of your desired bend. It just won t really be at maximum strength. You will use the. Bend metal without expensive tools step 1.

Clamping your sheet metal to the straightedge is a must. Clamp your sheet metal in your vise. Showing how i bend steel plate without using a brake. 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.

The sheetmetal is slid between the two bars and twisted back and forth to create a fold. If you re bending 0 020 thick material use a 0 020 radius. Place your forms in your vise. Determine the yield strength of the metal.

Otherwise the sheet metal is almost certain to shift as you bend it resulting in a bad bend. Slide the angle iron into the jaws of the vise so that it lays flat the length of the piece of metal you are. I surreptitiously push on the. Support your excess sheet.

Bending your sheet metal with a vise 1. Now that your forms are placed you should clamp your sheet between your form. In this case the sheet of flat steel will be formed into a wheel disc. For most applications with stainless steel or aluminum you can get away with a zero radius bend on anything under 0 050 thick.

Determine the angle at which you want to brake the metal and mark it on the protractor. 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.