Build A Sheet Metal Bending Brake

Diy sheet metal bender brake.

Build a sheet metal bending brake.

I love building tools. Sheet metal bender brake 805mm mounted on a hydraulic portable tablei love metalworking is my favorite hobby. So for my need to build a stainless steel barbecue i decided to make a sheet metal bender brake it isn t a so complicated construction and. Build a sheet metal brake.

I needed better i saw a how to on making a metal brake and wanted to make a few modifications. Ideally the pivot point of the brake will lie perfectly inline with the bend line of the metal being bent. At this point it became apparent that i had made a mistake in the original design of the brake. Sheet metal brakes are machines designed to make bending thin metal into shapes for use in projects such as house siding eaves air conditioning ductwork and others.

Dave s cheap sheet metal bending brake i started building my zenith ch601xl from plans in mid january 2006. It works so well so i m surprised myself. However as i had designed the brake the bending point was 1 8 above the pivot point of the hinge see left side of drawing. It s pretty big so you can sta.

After several failed attempts to bend the rudder spar i ended up going to a local sheet metal shop for help. The problem with that is that their equipment is not set up for the 1 8 inch radius bend specified in the plans.