How To Roll Sheet Metal Edge

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

How to roll sheet metal edge.

The benefits of working with beveltools. You can create the perfect uniform radius with these bevel heads. Bending your sheet metal with a vise 1 place your forms in your vise. Watch this video and more in the solid edge sheet metal tutorials playlist.

For the most part the easiest edge to roll is one on a straight line or one with a very slight outward curve. In the photos you can see that we start by folding the sheet metal over a sharp edge such as the edge of an anvil or sander stand. Next we clamp our tool in a vice and hook the folded sheet metal over the tool. This is because the metal is simply being bent on one plane.

Rounding metal with the bevel heads from beveltools ensure a smooth and consistent rounded edge on sheet plate pipe and hole. Using a plastic mallet or planishing hammer hammer down on the fold until it s bent over in a u shape. Your forms will have an edge that should match the angle of your desired bend.