Hinge Sheet Metal Brake

Comes with a sturdy wide base stand that is pre drilled for bolting to your shop floor.

Hinge sheet metal brake.

Bends metal up to 36 in. Remove the hinge pin and attach the other side of the hinge to the bottom plate making sure the hinge is facing the right direction. The subsequent hit s form the hem or the hinge using the secondary working surface of the tool. Participation and delivery area vary by store.

I found that the metal brakes tend to flex when using normal door hinges and at the bottom bar. Van mark s tm10 portable siding brake is used to bend aluminum trim coil 3003 h14 light galvanized steel and copper for residential siding roofing window and gutter installation. The adjustable press plate lets you make sharp or round bends up to 120. Attach the hinge to the bend plate with stainless steel a5 pop rivets using a 60mm spacing between rivets.

In this video i show how to build a metal brake with a 72 inch working capacity. Ace rewards members are eligible to receive free delivery on orders of 50 or more. The first hit is an acute form. The edge of the sheet metal includes either a hem or safety edge or a hinge.

Material thickness up to 0 118 3 00mm. To prevent this i used a much more robust style of hinge thicker metal and i also boxed in the bottom bar to give it more strength. The form is typically produced in multiple hits. However with a press brake a hinge shape can be put into a piece of sheet metal in seconds.

The press brake can exert dozens of tons of force easily reshaping the metal. The tools that i used are a bandsaw drill press angle grinder and tig welder. Make smooth precise bends in sheet metal up to 36 in. Trying to bend a piece of metal by hand even something lightweight like aluminum is incredibly difficult and time consuming.

The tm10 is lightweight and portable and very easy to operate and maintain. Free delivery offer excludes same day delivery. The unit as shown is approximately 82 tip to tip has a working surface he. Trim cutter model 3017 and unistand model usa1.