How Do You Make A Sheet Metal Press Brake?
Sheet metal is used for car auto bodies, building truck beds, and other odds and ends around the house or yard. If you are a part-time or “recreational” metal worker, you may not have or have access to all of the workings of a metal shop, but may need a metal press brake. A press brake is a device that allows you to bend a piece of sheet metal at a particular angle. Metal shops have brakes mounted at different angles with automated braking arms; however, you can bend sheet metal at home without the use of high-tech equipment as well. Making a sheet metal press brake is simple with just a few tools lying around the workshop. Determine the angle you need and mark it on the protractor. Cut the section of metal out and prepare it to be bent by removing any burrs or sharp edges with a grinder. Slide the angle iron into the jaws of the vise so that it lays flat the length of the piece of metal you are going to bend. Sandwich the sheet metal into the jaws of the vise as well, so that as you b
