GOOD DIY SHEET METAL BRAKE
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- čas přidán 12. 05. 2022
- Let's take a closer look at my homemade 48" sheet metal bending brake. I explain how it was built, what materials I used and also discuss important design requirements. Of course we also make some bends to see how it works! I have used it for quite some time now without any problems. I built it with scrap I found in a junkyard and off cuts that I had in the shop - it cost very little money!
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Just to let you know, I have been a sheet metal fabricator at a small HVAC shop for 22 years (I just retired) and you have built one of the best looking and functioning "home built" brakes I have seen. Very nice! Simple and effective. 😀
Thanks man! Coming from someone with your experience, that is a big compliment! Enjoy the retirement.
75% of my garage is DYI, its not that im cheap, i got into metal for a reason, i like working with it. so i enjoy building my own tools and gadgets. nice brake bro, thanks for showing
I've been a,skilled tin basher for 40 years, I've really enjoyed watching your film. I will fab one to your design.
Superb work and explanation thanks for sharing your design 👍
Thanks, glad you found some value😊
To bend a sharper radius, simply slip a length of angle iron under the anvil and loosen the two rear bolts accordingly. Bend over the heel of the angle.
I’ve watched quite a few videos of DIY sheet metal breaks and this is by far the best! Straight forward and thoroughly explained. Thank you for your help; I will definitely start my build now.
Glad it's helping! Good luck with your build
Excellent design and very well explained mate. If you don't mind suggestions, there is one design modification you could add. If you welded (or bolted, so it's removable) an extension (long enough to clear your tensioning winder) to one end of the rotating angle. Then add a 90° bend that extended straight up you could then attach an appropriately sized counterweight. That way when you pulled the handle forward the weight would lean back and do a lot of the heavy lifting/bending for you. You could add extra weights for bending thick materials and remove weights for thinner materials. Much easier on the back for old codgers like me/us 😉. Cheers Andy 👍
Fantastic video. Brilliant to see so much intelligence on display. Folks think they are smart because they go to work in a suit. They wouldn't stand a chance at designing one of these. Your diagrams were really excellent, even down to the detail on that nut.
Thank you very much!
!!!wow ya got this mighty fine Sir thanks for sharing your project with us keep them coming ya got my vote man ya make it easy to understand and how you can do this Don,t take a rocket Sciencest to make this happen so l,m going to try to make this work so from Canada 🇨🇦 SK thks for showing us 😊
I'm reminded of tools I have used in granite countertop fabrication. These days CNC machines do much of it but guys who don't have 90,000 dollars used grinders with a jig or short of guard bolted onto the grinder to maintain a perfect position or offset of the grinder to the stone edge. Luckily that top piece of angle iron has a nice clean sharp back corner that can be used as a reference surface for the driver to run against to grind that edge straight and flat to make a nice sharp edge on that brake.
The rare talent of making and explaining complicated things simple! Sir!😊
You sir, are a genius. I've watched dozens of videos looking for the best way to make a trim break and you nailed it! I love the drawings and the break down of the process you went through to build this. You are the only one to make a video that solved the problem I was having with keeping enough pressure and force on the center of the top piece of angle that clamps everything down. (I'm building a 10' brake to bend aluminum trim.) Truly fantastic video, and really amazing piece of equipment you built there.
Thank you very much Rae! If my video helped to solve your problem, I am one happy dude😅. Not a genius though, just 40 years of practicing common sense ( the first 20 years of my life don't count, very little common sense then 😂)
You certainly helped me fix the problems I was having. Sometimes it's the thinking too much that holds me back LOL
I think it's the only one design that takes in mind the thickness of the material. Thank You!
Glad you like it!
Agreed it was something I had not thought about😊.
Nice! You are a good teacher. Appreciate you walking us thru it!
Wow that's well built! Greetings from Canada.
Thank you! Cheers!
I was about to buy a break but could not find the length I wanted for the price I was willing to pay. After seeing what you did, I will build my own. Thanks for the insight!
Pleasure man. Good luck with the build!
Dill mounting holes in the sloping front of the brake, then make plates that bolt to the front that mimic the edge you want to reproduce with the brake. Then you can switch the separate plates out as needed.
I sent my angle iron adjustable bending edge through my mill to get rid of the rounded edge. It now sits flat on the bender's frame . Diff, you need to find an old mill for your shop, they really come in handy and are fun to use.
Would love to have a mill in my shop!
Fantastic. I didnt know anything about sheet metal brakes before i saw this and now I feel like an expert
Real happy that it helped!
ALL I CAN SAY IS WOW!!! IT ONLY TOOK ME 62 YEATS YEARS TO REALIZE I LOVE WORKING WITH METAL , FABRICATING STUFF FOR MY CUSTOM CARS. LOVE YOUR CHANNEL!!! NOW I'M GOING TO MAKE MYSELF A BRAKE AND A PLANISHING HAMMER. ILL BE WATCHING YOUR CHANNEL A LOT IN THE FUTURE! A REALLY BIG THANKS FOR YOUR SHARING HOW TO BUILD THESE THINGS SINCE TO BUY THESE THEY CAN BE EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE AND THIS WAY YOU CAN INCORPORATE THINGS YOU LIKE AND LEAVE OUT OR ALTER THINGS TO YOUR OWN LIKING! I LOVE IT!!!
Thanks man. I'm also 62, never too old to learn new things. Yeah, build some stuff!
1.3m bender, wow. This is one of the strongest and best bender i have seen on CZcams.
Great video bud a lot of people dont understand the importance of the centre line and material thickness clearance
Thanks. Yes, agree! 🙂
Wow! I am really thankful you made this video. I've been looking at sheet metal brakes for a long time for some personal projects and this could so easily be made with scrap metal that would cost me far less than purchasing one. Fantastic video sir and incredible work on the design.
Thank you man! Yes, build it!
good stuff as usual Diff, I especially like the left-hand thread on the tensioner diagram.
a very good video, well explained and the little diagrams make all the difference. I'm inspired, like the design and will be building one soon. Many thanks. AL (UK)
Cool man. Welcome to contact me if you have questions
Just a suggestion on the front side you can takeoff your quarter inch of material to make it flatter instead of a rounder and on the backside you can leave it around. It looks like there’s enough play in your top piece of angle iron to do that and it looks like if you want it, you can reverse the back to front And front to back you can have two different types of radius bends. One flat, and one a little more rounded..
Im a hvac installer goin on ten years and have been wanting a diy brake i could lug around on the job to fab on the go. This is it right here. Simple yet extremely effective for what would be needed on the daily. And the slots to mimic a finger brake are genius. Thank you for the inspiration, if/when i make this, all design credit will always go to you.
I also really enjoyed the video. Being fully transparent on the build and quality, and giving clear examples both on the brake and in drawing form. Well done sir 👏🏼
Thank you! I will be honored if you decide to build it🙂
Very smart and minimalist design. Nicely done, sir! 👍
Thank you Maximus!
Great demonstration, great explanation !
Thanks for your time and effort.
Great engineering! Thank you
Thank you for sharing your tool build
Great craftsmanship!!!
Best description of how to build a brake I've ever seen!! Excellent work sir!
Thanks very much!
man you are amazing and so creative, thank you for teaching your work
Thanks man. It's a pleasure!
Very cool , I still say you would have an awesome shop teacher.
Thanks ☺
You sir are genius just simple geometry, measurements , angles and simplicity are genius on all your fabrication and explanations will help me to finish and build my own cars and projects genius sir thank you
Thank you
I really admire the keep it simple school of thought. I wish I had a need for one of these, great work!
Very good detailed explanation.....
Thankyou
I’ve enjoyed this so much, thank you for sharing.
Great design, and very well explained. Thank you sir, for your time and knowledge. From Canada
Simple but very effective.thankz guy
Really informative on the build thank you for the info
Great build. I especially like the hinge detail! I needed to build one, and im glad i found your video first. Im currently building a brake very similar to your design, out of scrap metal that i had laying around. Thanks for sharing!
Glad I could help!
Thank you so much for the information.
Great Job! Thanks
Great build! And I love your comments at the end about using ones time. Thank you for posting this.
Thank you!
Thanks for sharing. Blessings from Australia.
You are welcome!
you have given an exceptional explanation of the workings of the brake
Excelente maquina y excelente explicacion
Great video and thanks for sharing.
liked the box brake cut outs - good one! i put counter weights on mine to bend 48" of 16ga for a truck gas tank
Great job.
Absolutely brilliant! Thanks for sharing with us. I plan to build one.
Thank you! All the best with the build
Excellent. Love the design. Thank you.
Thank you and pleasure 🙂
I’ve seen a lot of these on here. You have done the best job I’ve seen on explaining how these work and why it has to be this way. Most just show you “how to build” one. You really break it down and make it simple to understand. Nice job on the build too! Looks amazing!
Thanks. Glad it was helpful!
Just a simple yet brilliant design. Thanks so much for posting. 👍
Glad you like it! Thanks
Excellent design. Excellent discussion. I note that the handle also serves as a minimal strong-back and could easily be modified to complement the strong-back you suggest that could go on the backside.
I believe that modifying the edge of the hold-down angle is easier than you think. Remove the hold-down. Choose a keen 4-foot length of angle and carefully clamp this angle along the line you wish to cut. Use your grinder and a course sanding disc to work the edge of your hold-down back to your fixtured reference.
One final note concerning bend radius. For mild steel the width of a V-die like is used in a press brake should be eight times the material thickness. For a pan brake like yours I think the setback adjustment on the hold-down probably should be five times the material thickness. This of course assumes that you have achieved that nice sharp corner on the hold-down. The net result should be an inside bend radius equal to the material thickness.
Excellent feedback! Thank you
MY MAN! i do not know how you came to my feed but i am grateful. your work is great, your explanations were great and that illustration you made finally made the idea about centering the hinge pin along the folding axis make sense in my brain. Again, I'm grateful, thank you!
Glad I could help!
Great job 👍
Great project, video and thorough description. Your drawings along the way really helped to understand what was going on. Thanks.
Glad it was helpful!
A good explanation of the individual parts. One of the best explained bending brake tutorials I have seen. Good Work
Thank you!
Very good.... clear explanation.. thanks!!
Pleasure and thanks! 🙂
Wow! I see a future project unfolding. Thanks
Build it! 🙂
Magnificent build
You are the best fabrication jobs I've ever seen. for a sheet metal break the Leading Edge to make a 90° Bend in your sheet metal. you have to take it to a machine shop. and have them machine that so you have a Sharper Edge on the sheet metal brake then you will get your true 90° Bend. God bless brother
Nice job thanks
It looks cool will be big help
Very nice! Mine is not so nice, but i see where i can make improvements thanks to this video. I made the brace, or a truss as we could call it.
What a nice metal bender and DIY instructions Thank you for the useful and great video❤
Pleasure man!
Parabéns muito bom o projeto
Beautiful work!
Thank you!
That is the best I have ever seen. You seem to have thought of everything that others have missed. Got a car to do and I'm making one of these this week. Brilliant, thank you for your time.
Great video. Something that a handyman can make. Well done on a simple but highly effective design for a bending brake.
Very well explained, good build. Thank you.
Thank you and pleasure
@Stashwax and Div, I have seen other guys grind the end on the inverted clamping angle with great results to reduce if not remove the radius bend. Div, since you a master grinder (LOL), this could be an option if you needed a more crisp corner. Another option would be to grind one side and leave the other so you will be able to flip it around, allowing radius or crisp bends. I like the slit in the clamping beam the make the corners meet...very innovative. I was trying to figure out how to best make segmented beam. I suppose one could make the slots as and when required.
Segmented beams are a mission, just cutting slots as required is much simpler. They will weakent the beam though, the bigger that angle bar, the better. An option is to just weld them up again down the line... or have more than one beam. That grinding business will not be easy. You need to keep a straight edge over a a distance of more than 1.2 m.... Suppose you could do your best, then "lap" it on a large flat surface with long piece of sanding belt... Lot of work... Or just have someone stick it in a milling machine to do one edge. Sounds much easier.😂
You did an excellent job. I wish this video was around before I bought my brake and modified it.
Thanks! 👍
Outstanding!
I enjoy the channel!
Thank you very much for very helpful information. 👍👍
Glad it was helpful.
That's awesome thank you
Awesome! I will definitely be coming back to this video in the future to build my own! Will keep my eyes out at the scrap yards for a 10mm "flat bar"
Thanks Sharn!
Beautiful tool Dif, and beautiful explanation of its design and operation. 😊👍👍
Glad you like it!
Cool, I been wanting to build one. But I not well , lol trying to get. Out of this depression. To have drive , you show is starting to help me my brother .
If my stuff can help to inspire a little bit, I will be a very happy man. Its the main reason why I do the videos. Wishing you lots of positive energy bro!
@@ratrodsafrica Thank you my brother, I been fighting Cancars I have 3 at stag 4. But I am beating them, so far. I whet out today and tried work on my rat rods. Thank for the positive vids, lol
Thanks for sharing this, helped me loads to make a simple and smaller brake for small sheet metal stuff for my bikes! Love the channel too!
Its a pleasure my man!
Very nice work!
Verygood work
Thanks for sharing this, I tried to build one like yours once, but looking at your I can see where I went wrong
Happy if it can help to sort you out!
Hey Div. Good video. That's a great brake that you made. I could use one when I start working on my Buick. Nice job. Thanks for sharing.🍁👍👍
Отличная идея!👍 Спасибо!🤝
Excellent video. Cheers from the Mississippi Delta
Many thanks!
Very good job of show and tell. An excellent tool to have. Tks for showing.
Thanks!
Muchas Felicidades Joven Por Su Canal.
Saludos Cordiales Desde Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México. ..
nice home brake, and good video.
I just bought a 36 inch break at an auction. If id seen this i definately would of made my own and i still might try it. Great video . Thanks!
That is heavy duty for homemade. Very nice.
Thanks
Awesome brake project, I'm re-siding my home and need a brake for the window inner edges, I've been looking at a couple of videos and this is by far the Best project I've seen and your demeanor and compassion for your work is exceptional, Thank You.
If it can help, I'm a happy dude! Thanks man
Very well made, great adjustments.
Thanks
Awesome thanks for sharing this with us ☺️
Pleasure Henry, hope it added value.
Excelente idea eres el mejor té felicito
The best DIY brake well done 👍
Simple and elegant ❤❤
I like your design and on my next build I will do it same as you did only difference will be sharp bending edge. Wish I have seen it before my build!
I love your design im going to build one like yours thanks.
I'm very happy with it. Give me a shout if you need more info