Homemade Wooden Sheet Metal Brake

How to make your own sheet metal brake from wood step 1.

Homemade wooden sheet metal brake.

Build a sheet metal brake step 1. All you need to do is drill 3 8 holes on the 2 side of the smaller wood board. Then insert the rods into the holes. Construct a box 15 inches wide by 8 feet long by gluing.

Fasten two of the 1 x 8 s to the top of the 2 x 4 rectangle by gluing and screwing them down. Since it almost always bends crooked i end up rebending and generally just. I cut out 1 2 off each corner of the bending angle. Cut two 12 inch pieces out of one of the 2 x 4 s.

The first step was cutting the components the 2x4 was cut to 48. You want these handles about the distance of your metal pieces no more than your shoulder width and about 1 1 2 deep. I love working with metal but i ve always struggled to get perfect 90 bends. The angle is secured to a 3 4 wood mounting plate.

The bending angle is what folds the metal. I cut my scrap steel angle. Use a 3 8 wood drill bit to drill two holes 1 1 2 deep. Homemade wooden sheet metal brake intended to produce precise and repeatable bends in metal panels.