How To Make A Sheet Metal Brake From Wood

The base angle is screwed to the 2x4 with 4 evenly spaced drywall screws with recessed heads.

How to make a sheet metal brake from wood. Then insert the rods into the holes. The 2 plate was cut to 2 in length. It s pretty big so you can sta. It works so well so i m surprised myself.

This will be used to form the smooth surface beneath the hold down clamp. Construct a box 15 inches wide by 8 feet long by gluing together and screwing the 12. The heads are recessed with a 3 8 bit. This will be used to make the bending plate as well as the hold down clamp.

How to make your own sheet metal brake from wood. Diy wooden sheet metal brake comment on how to build a wooden sheet metal brake 1 comments daveward says. Dec 03 2013 10 43 am. The 1 5 angle was cut in half to make two 2 pieces.

Fasten two of the 1 x 8 s to the top of the 2 x 4 rectangle by gluing and screwing them down. The hinge pin needs to recess slightly. All you need to do is drill 3 8 holes on the 2 side of the smaller wood board. All of the metal and wood bits were first cut to length.

Cut two 12 inch pieces out of one of the 2 x 4 s. The hole size for the screw through the metal is 5 32 with a 7 64 hold into the wood for the screw to thread.