Bending 22 Gauge Spring Steel Sheet

One bend out of four worked there.

Bending 22 gauge spring steel sheet. Category thickness minimum bend bend radius. I tried annealing the ends with an oxy acetylene torch. 0 017453 x 90 x 0 020 0 33 x 0 024 0 0438558984 inch bend allowance keep in mind that some metals are more brittle than others. These sheets have a softened temper which is also known as annealed so they can be easily formed into shape and then heat treated for.

I also tried annealing with a band blade welder which really didn t work it just made the steel terribly brittle and weak. As an example if you want to bend 24 gauge sheet metal at a 90 angle the calculation would be. The steel is 1095 spring steel it s 032 thick by 200 wide. The gauge number 18.

1095 spring steel sheet blue temper ams 5122 sae 1095 aisi 1095 aisi 1095 0 002 thick 3 width 50 length. 4 people found. For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0 0478 inch or 1 214 millimeter. 22 gauge 0 030 0 76 mm.

I ve tried bending it as is it just snapped. A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters. M d building products 56066 1 feet by 2 feet 22 ga weldable steel sheet 4 6 out of 5.