Best Way To Bend Sheet Metal Without A Brake

A siding brake is more effective and much faster for large or professional jobs.

Best way to bend sheet metal without a brake.

Cut a groove about 2 3 through the material. If you have something big and heavy and want to bend it and you don t have any machines to bend it with just cut slices in the metal. Use scrap lumber to make a brake that is effective when only a few bends will be necessary. Better yet i use a circ saw with abrasive blade.

I have never tried this method but if you don t have a metal brake this may work fine. Bend sheet metal without a brake. This method is recommended for do it yourself siding repair or other small projects. Grab the top of the metal with the pliers as the section you heated cools off and pull towards you gently at first.

This video will show you how to do it and hopefully save you some money. Something we do when the brake die can t make a bend due to clearance ect slice the sheet at the bend line in a dashed pattern hand bend then weld the bend up afterwards. If you need to reheat the metal and redo the bend. Quick tips bending sheet metal i found this video of stacey david from gearz that i thought some of you do it yourself car enthusiasts may find interesting.

Stacey demonstrates a technique of how to bend a sheet of metal using a vise and 2 4 s. The bend won t be quite as sharp but suitable bends can be made for many construction projects without using a brake. Showing how i bend steel plate without using a brake. Clamp a straight edge to use as a fence to guide the circ saw.