How To Bend From Sheet Metal

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How to bend from sheet metal. If you re bending 0 020 thick material use a 0 020 radius. Next place the wood parallel and slightly behind the bending line. Mark a bend line and place the sheet metal on the edge of your bench. For dimension and more informat.

Using the edge of your workbench a length of wood two clamps and a mallet you can fashion a rudimentary bending brake. Clamp the wood on top of the metal to the workbench. Otherwise the sheet metal is almost certain to shift as you bend it resulting in a bad bend. Cut the section of metal out or otherwise prepare the metal to be bent by removing any burrs or sharp edges.

If you cannot find the sheetmetal tool in you main tool menu you can right click on main menu tab and check sheetmetal option. Mark your bend lines. 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. Set bend radius to 0 03in and k factor 0 5 and ok.

I hope you like this video. Here s a good rule of thumb for most materials. Your simple sheetmetal bend is ready. Clamping your sheet metal to the straightedge is a must.

Subscribe my channel for more new videos. You will use the protractor to gauge the brake as you bend the metal little by little. 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 know the basic try model.

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. Determine the angle at which you want to brake the metal and mark it on the protractor. Look at part tree.