Homemade Wooden Sheet Metal Brake

The bending angle is what folds the metal.

Homemade wooden sheet metal brake.

I love working with metal but i ve always struggled to get perfect 90 bends. The first step was cutting the components the 2x4 was cut to 48. Cut two 12 inch pieces out of one of the 2 x 4 s. Build a sheet metal brake step 1.

Construct a box 15 inches wide by 8 feet long by gluing. Simple sheet metal brake. All you need to do is drill 3 8 holes on the 2 side of the smaller wood board. Drawing from numerous online sources makjosher s brake is built from 1 8 steel bar as well as 1 8 steel angle.

I cut out 1 2 off each corner of the bending angle. Since it almost always bends crooked i end up rebending and generally just. How to make your own sheet metal brake from wood step 1. Fasten two of the 1 x 8 s to the top of the 2 x 4 rectangle by gluing and screwing them down.

Homemade wooden sheet metal brake intended to produce precise and repeatable bends in metal panels. I cut my scrap steel angle. Generally i ll stick the piece to be bent in the vise and smack it around until it s bent. Then insert the rods into the holes.