Homemade Sheet Metal Finger Brake

Its also a fun project and you know the out come is going to work no guessing involved.

Homemade sheet metal finger brake.

Time to try out the finger brake. It has a bend length of 62 inches. Homemade sheetmetal brake designed to accommodate finger brakes. I will be used to make.

Adjust and do a tack weld at side of pivot and the top corner of angle iron point 1. This is a homemade finger press brake. I have clamped a square to the fixed table. Simple sheet metal brake.

Fabricated from steel and hardware. Select materials that will be strong enough for your needs. Hinge was fabricated by welding the pivot pins to the movable section of the table. Two steel blocks were drilled and reamed to receive the pins.

1 4 inch 0 6 cm steel plate with bracing will enable. I built my 32in. Next insert your sheet metal lining up the bend line with the edge of the top plate. Twist a steel wire ø1 2mm around the pivot and place it at the gap on edge of bender.

The most important thing on a sheet metal brake is. Generally i ll stick the piece to be bent in the vise and smack it around until it s bent. Finger brakes are positioned accurately using clamps and shims for perfect bends. I m sure some bright person out there will probably come up with a more elegant way to do this.

Cut the angle iron and steel plate in sizes listed above making sure edges are square and straight. Since it almost always bends crooked i end up rebending and generally just. Blocks were welded to the fixed part of the table. To its left is my wide finger which is holding down a strip of sheet metal.

The axis of rotation center of bender to be inline to bending line. Lay the 7 x42 piece on top of the 14 piece with the front edges. To open the brake first loosen the bolts then insert a large screwdriver between the top and bottom plate at either end. Brake using the book called designing and building the sheet metal brake by david j gingery book cost 8 00 and worth ever cent i used scrap materal i had makes nice clean bends on 16 ga.

Homemade sheet metal finger brake constructed from scrap materials. The finger is back from the pivot line by the thickness of that stainless steel plate that you see all the way to the left.