Bending 1 8 Steel Sheet

Slide the marked stainless steel sheet under the clamping leaf align the two center marked bending locations with the pivot line of the lower bending leaf and pull the clamping leaf handles toward you to lock the stainless steel sheet in position.

Bending 1 8 steel sheet. Material bend radii and minimum bend size charts please note. If you re bending 0 020 thick material use a 0 020 radius. How to bend sheet metal without a brake in 4 different methods with minimal or homemade tools. It just won t really be at maximum strength.

How to bend sheet metal without a brake. Sheet metal bending brake 8 ga 1 8 capacity. The bend radius you select may not be available if the geometry of the part will not allow us to bend with the specific tooling required to achieve that radius. To keep it simple i also use a 2 mm inside radius.

Step 3 pull the bending handles of the bending leaf up to bend the stainless steel sheet. I can now see that the minimum flange length is 8 5 mm for such a bend so i have to keep it in mind when designing. The shop uses 5052 h32 and 6061 t6 so i am going with 5052 since that will be better for bending and still be strong enough to do what i need it to. Use the minimum bend dimension values in the charts below for your minimum closeness of cutout to a bend.