Homemade Sheet Metal Folder

About handiest tool you ve made for metalwork i posted a pic of my panbrake folder with fingers and through pm s from people wanting more info i have decided to start a thread with step by step guide to how to make one.

Homemade sheet metal folder.

Homemade sheet metal folder constructed from 1 5. A cornice brake has a solid clamping bar the full width of the machine. Homemade sheet metal folder. It is also known as a bending machine or bending brake or as a sheet metal folder or just a folder.

1 4 inch 0 6 cm steel plate with bracing will enable. Cut the angle iron and steel plate in sizes listed above making sure edges are square and straight. Select materials that will be strong enough for your needs. Lay the 7 x42 piece on top of the 14 piece with the front edges.

Since it almost always bends crooked i end up rebending and generally just. Diy homemade tools builds repairs. Get 500 homemade tool plans tool build guides ebooks and much more. Generally i ll stick the piece to be bent in the vise and smack it around until it s bent.

Small vise mounted sheet metal folder made from 80x80x10 angle and 125x75x10 channel iron. Paul33 on mig welding co uk. 0 post a comment login register. Thus it can only make straight bends the entire width of the workpiece.

I love working with metal but i ve always struggled to get perfect 90 bends. This will take a sheet of steel up to 600mm wide and bend 1 6mm mild steel nice and sharply. Get 500 tool plans and more.