Anyone know how I can bend a piece of 1/8" flat sheet steel, 42" squard. I need to bend a 90* and a 75* angles on it.
Anyone ever rigged up somethingto work? Doesn't need to be perfect but pretty close...

Dude,
Do you know of anybody with a bending brake? If not call around to a few fabrication shops and see if they have one and if they can make a coupla folds for ya. :flipoff2:

I've always dreamed of fabbing up my own brake...

If anyone has pics or details to inspire us please share!

MJ

I guess you could fab up a break with a press and dies from a real break, but the dies alone would make it cheaper to just to get a shop with a real break to fab what you need up. Or if you have acess to a machine shop you could fab your own dies. you could oprbably get away with just a cnc or vnc machine, still making it cheaper to do the above mentioned and pay a full on fab shop to do it.

http://www.shopoutfitters.com/Products/hb.htm

Here's a brake for short, heavily sectioned bends

Originally posted by DemoMike
http://www.shopoutfitters.com/Products/hb.htm

Here's a brake for short, heavily sectioned bends

I built one like that. Works great.

Try a heating and air co. Their brake (might do it)

i made two brakes, one for sheets and one for small thick peices, like tabs. unfortunatly, finding a brake to bend what you have will be tuff. you should call around to steel shops, those that supply AND fabricate. my local shop can do those bands no problem but the bender they use looks just like a press shear, but with a die set-up that bends just by pushing down on the sheet.,not sure what its called but i have seen them bend 1/2" sheet.

what you need is a press brake...... most commercial fabrication shops will have one of these ( for a 42" piece of 1/8" stock you need a 1" lower opening and a 3/32 upper radius ) and probably at least a 20 ton machine

if you want to see some really nice machines try http://www.accurpress.com

if it's just a couple of bends try poking your nose in the door on a friday night with a case of beer and see what happens......

I will work for beer!
where you at?
i've got a bus in the back yard, but i don't see you by it.

central indiana.
wellllll shit,
guess i need to get back on the phone.

whenever I need to do something like that I take the torch and cut a dotted line so that there is only about 1/5 the steel to bend and then I bend it while it is still hot. When your done run a bead down it and grind it smooth. Only works if you are good at welding because you will be grinding forever if you are not. Just an idea. hope it helps.:smokin:

Originally posted by zags


I built one like that. Works great.

Pics? Please?