Putting A Bend On A Curve Sheet Steel

The bend radius you select may not be available if the geometry of the part will not allow us to bend with the specific tooling required to achieve that radius.

Putting a bend on a curve sheet steel.

Except i like curved lines once in a while. Showing how i bend steel plate without using a brake. If your bend radius needs to be adjusted a member of engineering design services team will contact you before your design is manufactured. Next put your wooden or metal form blocks in the vice and clamp your sheet of metal between the forms.

This way you won t need to be concerned about making an unwanted mark. I ll be bending the metal using a jig just like the one in this ible i m a big fan of atomic zombie s builds. When steel plate is bent the inside surface of the bend is compressed and the outside surface of the bend is stretched. The tighter the radius the bigger the opposing forces become bringing up the concept of minimal radius.

It s important that the person doing the bending maintain equal tension across the bend and not to move too quickly. Update check out this super two person trike my partner and i are offering on kickstarter. To bend sheet metal in a vice start by marking a line on the metal where you want to bend it. Step 1 measure and marking your sheet metal.

If your sheet metal is long ask a friend to stabilize the part hanging out from the form blocks so it doesn t affect the bend. With the weak area in place one person grabs the long end and gently starts toward the bend while the other person stands on the 2 x 6 holding the corrugated tin roofing in place. Bend metal without expensive tools. The average hack requires at least one angled metal part and the best tool to make one is still the good ol press brake.

Here s how you can bend your sheet metal like a pro. Showing how i bend steel plate without using a brake. Use a dry erase marker to make the mark. Forming radius bends in sheet steel would normally be done with slip rolls but acceptable work for a lot of jobs can be done using a piece of pipe.