Bending 1 8 Steel Sheet

Material bend radii and minimum bend size charts please note.

Bending 1 8 steel sheet.

Sheet metal bending brake 8 ga 1 8 capacity. The bend radius you select may not be available if the geometry of the part will not allow us to bend with the specific tooling required to achieve that radius. Let s say i have a 2 mm thick sheet and i want to bend it. Slide the marked stainless steel sheet under the clamping leaf align the two center marked bending locations with the pivot line of the lower bending leaf and pull the clamping leaf handles toward you to lock the stainless steel sheet in position.

How to bend sheet metal without a brake. In other words if you re bending 1 8 sheet use a tool with a 1 8 radius to form the inside of the bend. How to bend sheet metal without a brake in 4 different methods with minimal or homemade tools. I can now see that the minimum flange length is 8 5 mm for such a bend so i have to keep it in mind when designing.

If you re bending 0 020 thick material use a 0 020 radius. To keep it simple i also use a 2 mm inside radius. For most applications with stainless steel or aluminum you can get away with a zero radius bend on anything under 0 050 thick. Use the minimum bend dimension values in the charts below for your minimum closeness of cutout to a bend.