How To Shape Sheet Metal At Home

Follow along as i demonstrate how you can begin shaping metal with hand tools only.

How to shape sheet metal at home.

Step 1 determine the angle at which you want to brake the metal and mark it on the protractor. Then use your bend allowance to draw your second bend line the intervening distance between your bend lines bend radius. Metal shops have brakes mounted at different angles with automated braking arms however it is possible to bend sheet metal at home without the use of a brake. Cut it bend it shrink it and stretch it.

Then bend the sheet back and forth a few times to snap it. After all there are only four things you can do to metal. Clamp or hold a straightedge or square along the cutting marks and score a line with the tip of a sharp utility knife blade. This ensures a cleaner cut and prevents metal chips from scratching the sheet while you cut.

Clamp the sheet metal against your desk to hold it in place while you work. Monkeys spinning monkeys by kevin macleod. Mark your bend lines. Simple sheet metal bender using a hand roller clamps and plywood.

Apply masking tape to both sides of the sheet metal directly over the line you want to make. With a combination of these manipulations you can create anything from flat sheet and you. Tape the sheet metal and secure it in place. 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.