Bending Stainless Steel Sheet By Hand

Push the clamping leaf handles away from you to raise the clamping leaf.

Bending stainless steel sheet by hand. A cutout or the edge of your flange to your bend. If you have any questions or want to discuss your design contact us. Start at one end and slowly work down to the other. Measure and mark the bend location along one edge of the stainless steel sheet with the tape measure.

Now that you know your bend allowance take your protractor and draw a clear line with your marker across the point at which you will bend your sheet metal. Determine your minimum bend by measuring the distance from your closest feature i e. Due to work hardening bending should be done quickly. How to bend stainless steel sheets marking the bend.

For most applications with stainless steel or aluminum you can get away with a zero radius bend on anything under 0 050 thick. Choose a bend radius that matches your minimum bend. Scoring and bending. Making the bend with a sheet metal brake.

Using protective gloves hold the free end of the metal sheet with one hand and with the other hand use a mallet or hammer to begin bending the sheet down and around the curved radius of the wood form. Mark your bend lines. Then use your bend allowance to draw your second bend line the intervening distance between your bend lines bend radius. If you re bending 0 020 thick material use a 0 020 radius.

Some over bending will be required to counteract spring back of the bend. The work should be executed as quickly as possible due to work hardening characteristics of stainless steels and a degree of over bending is necessary to counteract the springback of the bend. Abn sheet metal hand seamer 3 inch straight jaw manual metal bender tool sheet metal bending pliers flattening tool 4 5 out of 5 stars 137 27 89 27. It just won t really be at maximum strength.

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