How To Make A Sheet Metal Bender Out Of Wood

The bending angle is what folds the metal.

How to make a sheet metal bender out of wood.

Today i make a sheet metal bender. I used a long threaded bolt to make this sheet metal brake. This will stiffen the plate when a piece of metal is clamped in the brake. Subscribe my channel for more new videos.

Simple sheet metal bender using a hand roller clamps and plywood. Glue them in place and drive in two wood screws from the top or metal contacting side of the 1 x 8. I hope you like this video. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube.

All of the metal and wood bits were first cut to length. For dimension and more informat. I hope you enjoy this vid. This will be used to make the bending plate as well as the hold down clamp.

This will be used to form the smooth surface beneath the hold down clamp. This is really a great project and very useful for bending of metal pieces. Hello friends today i make a sheet metal bending tool. The 1 5 angle was cut in half to make two 2 pieces.

I used clamps and the 1 tube steel handle to hold the bending angle temporarily in place and aligned with the top of the base angle. At each mark attach perpendicular to the hinge and with the length extending away from the hinge one piece of 2 x 4 12 inches long. Monkeys spinning monkeys by kevin macleod. The 2 plate was cut to 2 in length.

I cut out 1 2 off each corner of the bending angle for the hinge cylinder with the hack saw and then smoothed the cuts with the grinder and file. Lay the 42 piece of 2 angle iron on top of the 7 wide top plate centering it between the two end angles in the center of the sheet with the angle up and weld it in place with at least one inch welds on each edge 8 inches 20 3 cm apart.