How To Bend Sheet Metal For A Snow Plow

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How to bend sheet metal for a snow plow.

Be precise on the bottom edge and top edge. A straight curved blade will simply have a straight edge on the top and bottom but a shaped blade that throws snow to the side will be much wider on one end. Homemade snow plow from a hot water tank part 1 5 after the cutting duration. Driving a big chevy up onto a pipe to bend it.

Well its almost done. I am an a p and taught sheet metal at local trade school. To bend the metal you will need a metal bending fabrication tool. 3 jacks would have worked better for re adjustment reasons.

Bending aluminum accurately is an art. I used 14 ga sheetmetal a 2x4 and a hyd jack with a chain wraped around the plow and the metal jacked down using the chain on top of the jack. I just need to bolt the cutting edge on when it comes in. Cut out the shape of the plow accounting for the bend curve from your steel sheet using a metal saw.

Depending on whether you want the snow to be thrown to one side or to both sides you will need to bend the steel into a curve to match your criteria. Looking at a cross section the outer 60 of the alu will stretch and the inner 40 actually shrink making very accurate bends tricky so if accuracy is important you need to adjust your bend lines accordingly. Watch our video of bending sheet metal for custom plow fabrication.