How To Bend Sheet Metal

Set offset distance as 0 1in.

How to bend sheet metal.

Otherwise the sheet metal is almost certain to shift as you bend it resulting in a bad bend. If you re bending 0 020 thick material use a 0 020 radius. Simple sheet metal bender using a hand roller clamps and plywood. For dimension and more informat.

You will use the protractor to gauge the brake as you bend the metal little by little. Determine the angle at which you want to brake the metal and mark it on the protractor. I hope you like this video. Next place the wood parallel and slightly behind the bending line.

Subscribe my channel for more new videos. Determine the thickness of your sheet. Click front plane and click on sketch. Mark a bend line and place the sheet metal on the edge of your bench.

You can use a tape measure or ruler to measure the thickness of your sheet metal. Here s a good rule of thumb for most materials. Clamp the wood on top of the metal to the workbench. Monkeys spinning monkeys by kevin macleod.

If your sheet metal is too thick you may need special machinery like a brake or a torch to bend your sheet into the desired shape. Clamping your sheet metal to the straightedge is a must. In this tutorials you will learn how to utilize sheetmetal tool such insert bend and flaten. Cut the section of metal out or otherwise prepare the metal to be bent by removing any burrs or sharp edges.

The inside bend radius should be equal to the thickness of the material that you re forming. 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. Hello friends today i make a sheet metal bending tool. Click offset entities and click l sketch.

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. Dimension sketch with smart dimension as 1in x 1in.