How To Roll A Sheet Metal Edge

The curled edge provides strength to the edge and makes it safe for handling.

How to roll a sheet metal edge.

Metal shaping with lazze. Rolling a bead with a wire edge duration. The benefits of working with beveltools. Curling is different than a tear drop hem because in a curl the edge finishes inside itself where a hem leaves the initial edge exposed.

I ve started by bending the sheet up 90 degrees where i want to roll to start. You can create the perfect uniform radius with these bevel heads. Rounding metal with the bevel heads from beveltools ensure a smooth and consistent rounded edge on sheet plate pipe and hole. Then use your bend allowance to draw your second bend line the intervening distance between your bend lines bend radius.

You ll need to be careful with your blows here as it s easy to ding the sheet metal and create divots and gouges. Once you ve got your u shape place your piece on a work table or anvil and finish the roll by tapping the edge down into the sheet for a simple flat fold or back into the roll for a thicker beaded roll. Curling sheet metal is the process of adding a hollow circular roll to the edge of the sheet. This is how easy it is to make a rounded edge on metal.

Using simple hand tools to make a rolled wire edge to a piece of sheet steel.