Homemade Wooden Sheet Metal Brake

Generally i ll stick the piece to be bent in the vise and smack it around until it s bent.

Homemade wooden sheet metal brake.

You want these handles about the distance of your metal pieces no more than your shoulder width and about 1 1 2 deep. I cut out 1 2 off each corner of the bending angle. I love working with metal but i ve always struggled to get perfect 90 bends. The bending angle is what folds the metal.

All you need to do is drill 3 8 holes on the 2 side of the smaller wood board. Construct a box 15 inches wide by 8 feet long by gluing. Since it almost always bends crooked i end up rebending and generally just. I cut my scrap steel angle.

The first step was cutting the components the 2x4 was cut to 48. Build a sheet metal brake step 1. Then insert the rods into the holes. Use a 3 8 wood drill bit to drill two holes 1 1 2 deep.

Homemade wooden sheet metal brake intended to produce precise and repeatable bends in metal panels. How to make your own sheet metal brake from wood step 1. Simple sheet metal brake. Fasten two of the 1 x 8 s to the top of the 2 x 4 rectangle by gluing and screwing them down.