How To Bend 96 Sheet Steel At Home

Clamping your sheet metal to the straightedge is a must.

How to bend 96 sheet steel at home.

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Cut the section of metal out or otherwise prepare the metal to be bent by removing any burrs or sharp edges. The solution is to have a radius on the tool that you ll be using to bend the metal. Except i like curved lines once in a while. Bending sheet metal by hand is a manageable task if the piece of sheet metal is small and thin enough to handle.

Determine the angle at which you want to brake the metal and mark it on the protractor. 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. You will use the protractor to gauge the brake as you bend the metal little by little. Even on malleable materials you can end up cracking the metal at the bend or weakening it to the point where it ll break with minimal force.

Otherwise the sheet metal is almost certain to shift as you bend it resulting in a bad bend. Bend metal without expensive tools. Showing how i bend steel plate without using a brake. Learn how to bend sheet metal so you can complete home and hobby projects easily without using a sheet metal brake.