How To Bend From Sheet Metal

Then use your bend allowance to draw your second bend line the intervening distance between your bend lines bend radius.

How to bend from sheet metal.

Mark your bend lines. You know the basic try model. Look at part tree. 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. Your simple sheetmetal bend is ready. If you cannot find the sheetmetal tool in you main tool menu you can right click on main menu tab and check sheetmetal option. Clamping your sheet metal to the straightedge is a must.

Now that you know your bend allowance take your protractor and draw a clear line with your marker across the point at which you will bend your sheet metal. Hello friends today i make a sheet metal bending tool. 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. Clamp the wood on top of the metal to the workbench.

Using the edge of your workbench a length of wood two clamps and a mallet you can fashion a rudimentary bending brake. The inside bend radius should be equal to the thickness of the material that you re forming. Otherwise the sheet metal is almost certain to shift as you bend it resulting in a bad bend. For dimension and more informat.

Subscribe my channel for more new videos. To view this part in flatten form click sheetmetal flatten. Next place the wood parallel and slightly behind the bending line. Here s a good rule of thumb for most materials.

Set bend radius to 0 03in and k factor 0 5 and ok. I hope you like this video. Cut the section of metal out or otherwise prepare the metal to be bent by removing any burrs or sharp edges.